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A Reuters report on this mentioned there are two other Mars missions being launched this year from China and the US, so it looks like it’s the place to be. Wil
by runawaybottle 6y ago
A Reuters report on this mentioned there are two other Mars missions being launched this year from China and the US, so it looks like it’s the place to be.
Will be interesting to see how the data can be used as a whole from the three missions.
- nyokodo 6y agoThe lowest energy means to get to Mars is to use the Hohmann Transfer Orbit and the launch window comes about approximately every 2.1 years. Therefore, you’ll tend to see missions from different agencies all launch close together. More complex missions using gravity assists or relying on certain alignments etc are more variable in timing.