ISRO’s reusable satellite launch test: It’s all about lowering the cost

ISRO is by no means the only space agency to be developing reusable systems. (ANI photo)
Almost everything that ISRO has accomplished in the last few years, has already been done before although by only one or two other countries. Monday’s test of a reusable satellite launch vehicle (RLV) is no different. What distinguishes each of ISRO’s missions, however, is the cost: almost all the missions, including the Moon and Mars missions, have been executed at a fraction of the cost of simi