"There are several things which Mars will tells us, this is what the scientific community thinks about the life on Mars", he said, adding, scientists started taking interest on Mars from the 18th century itself. "Mars is a subject of interest".
"Our (Mars mission) experiments are planned in such a way that you can decide when you want to put on each of these systems", Radhakrishnan said.
"If we succeed (in the mission), it positions India into group of countries who will have the ability to look at Mars. In future, certainly, there will be synergy between various countries in such exploration. That's taking place. That time India will be a country to be counted", he said.