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>Zhurong’s mission is expected to last three months This seems laughably short, even by the low bar countries like to set for their Mars rovers.
by OmicronCeti 5y ago
>Zhurong’s mission is expected to last three months
This seems laughably short, even by the low bar countries like to set for their Mars rovers.
- didgeoridoo 5y agoThat was exactly the mission duration for Spirit and Opportunity. Doesn’t seem too far off, if Chinese rover tech is ~15 years behind NASA/JPL…
- raylad 5y agoWhat countries? China is only the second country ever to land anything at all, let alone a rover, on Mars.
- addison-lee 5y agoThird, the Soviet Union landed a probe on Mars in 1971.