Posted on 05/13/2021 8:34:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin
China aims to achieve orbiting, landing, and roving on the Red Planet in a single mission. The country has already successfully entered into the orbit of Mars when it reached the Red Planet in February.
If China successfully lands its spacecraft on the surface, it will become only the third country to land a rover on another planet after the United States and Russia.
China's Mars orbiter is carrying seven scientific payloads, while the rover is equipped with six instruments to explore the Red Planet.
CNSA, which is one of the most tight-lipped space agencies, recently released the name of the rover to be Zhurong. "Zhurong is the god of fire in ancient Chinese mythology, which echoes with the Chinese name of the red planet, Huoxing (meaning the planet of fire). Fire brought warmth and brightness to the ancestors of humankind, and fire lit up human civilization," it said in a statement.
"The name is another example of Chinese aerospace workers' scientific romance as they have named spacecraft, including Tianwen, Chang'e, and Beidou, after Chinese traditional culture, which also shows the Chinese people's spirit of exploration and cultural confidence,"
(Excerpt) Read more at indiatoday.in ...
It will probably crash into our Mars copter.
I’m with you. Definitely missing Trump these days.
We’re all entitled to our opinions. I didn’t mean to suggest otherwise with my post. Just pointed out that we started our foray into space with a panoply of ancient Greek gods and mythical figures for some reason. It’s interesting that the Chinese would think to do the same thing.
SpaceX is kind of the anomaly. Falcon, Starship, Grasshopper.
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