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China plans to collect samples from Mars before 2030

China plans to collect samples from Mars before 2030

China will collect samples from the surface of Mars before 2030The chief designer of China’s lunar exploration program announced, Wu WerenQuoted from the local newspaper Global Times.

Wu, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference that meets these days in Beijing, explained that Collecting samples on the red planet is “much more difficult” than on the moon And that the first obstacle is “the development of a missile with greater thrust.”

exploration vehicle Zurongpart of the Chinese mission Tianwen-1It is the first of the Asian country to reach the surface of Mars, and is currently on the neighboring planet.

The mission, which has already transferred more than 500 gigabytes of data to Earth, landed on the plain known as Utopia Planetia in May last year, making China the third country to do so, decades after the United States and the former Soviet Union did.

The world added it China is already preparing to ‘Explore the Frontiers of the Solar System’.

The goal, according to Lu, is for Chinese missions to navigate deep space 100 times the distance between the Sun and Earth — 150 million kilometers — by 2049, the year that will mark the centenary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. China.

In recent years, Beijing has invested heavily in its space program, achieving successes such as Sunda Moon Chang’e 4which landed on the far side of the moon in January 2019, a milestone achieved in the history of space exploration.

In addition, the Asian country is building its own space station, The “Tianjong”Which will be ready by the end of this year, according to official forecasts.

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