China and Russia to Launch Joint Mars Mission

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday August 25, 2006 @02:00AM from the we-might-get-there-someday dept.

The Interfacer writes "China and Russia are planning a joint mission to Mars that will bring back samples to earth and land on one of the red planet's tiny moons, state media quoted a Chinese scientist as saying Wednesday." From the article: "Russia will launch the spacecraft, while China will provide the survey equipment to carry out the unmanned exploration, Ye Peijian, a senior scientist at the Chinese Academy of Space Technology, told a meeting in Beijing, according to the official Xinhua news agency."

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Re:Oh dear. by GMontag · 2006-08-25 02:39 · Score: 0, Offtopic

So, if their probes are not shot down like ours were, we will know that there really IS something to this whole red theme.

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Well, the old saying applies... by macadamia_harold · 2006-08-25 02:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In Soviet Russia, China launches rocket!

/sorry

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