U.S.-China Space Race Takes Off As Beijing Announces Crewed Missions To Mars
Posts in this thread can be crossposted, but this is a thread for articles related to these two superpowers acting and reacting against each other in Earth's high-aerospace.China plans to send its first crewed mission to Mars in 2033, the country’s lead rocket maker announced Thursday, part of the country’s ambitious plan to begin large-scale development of the Red Planet and ratcheting up tensions with the U.S. as the two race to become the Earth’s dominant power in space.
China intends to send crewed missions to Mars in 2033, 2035, 2037, 2041 and 2043, said Wang Xiaojun, the head of state-owned China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology during a conference.