Re: OT: China may do a Mars sample return in 2028 before the US...

On Sat, 07 Sep 2024 05:37:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:

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With NASA’s plan faltering, China knows it can be first with Mars sample return
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/with-nasas-plan-faltering-china-knows-it-can-be-first-with-mars-sample-return/
"China is likely to become the first country to return samples from Mars."

That is literally criminal.

https://www.wfp.org/countries/china

"Almost 150.8 million people are malnourished. Given the size of
China’s population, rates of 9.4 percent for stunting in children,
19.6 percent for anemia and 25 percent for overweight represent
significant national and global burdens."