5 Surprising Things More Expensive Than India's Mission To Mars

BANGALORE: It is a proud moment to be Indian as the country successfully launched the Mangalyaan into Mars, in the first attempt itself. With this, India creates a world record for being the first ever nation to do so in its maiden attempt.

It is even more commendable to know that it took ISRO just 18 months to build and a mere cost of $75 million. It is, by far, the cheapest successful interplanetary mission ever carried out.

But, here is a list of surprising things that are much more expensive than India’s Mars mission.

Mukesh Ambani's Antilia:

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani's skyscraper residence in Mumbai is the most expensive billionaire home in the world, according to a Forbes list .

Ambani's 27-story, 400,000-square-foot skyscraper home Antilia named after a mythical island in the Atlantic, tops the Forbes list of the most expensive homes in the world.

The house has six stories of underground parking, three helicopter pads, and reportedly requires a staff of 600 to keep it running.  Putting Antilia's scale and cost of $2 Billion into perspective, Forbes compared it to '7 World Trade Center', a 52-story tower that stands near Ground Zero in Manhattan with 1.7 million square feet of office space that was reportedly built for two billion dollars.

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