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by OmicronCeti 1855 days 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.
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didgeoridoo 1855 days ago
That 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…
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raylad 1854 days ago
What countries? China is only the second country ever to land anything at all, let alone a rover, on Mars.
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addison-lee 1852 days ago
Third, the Soviet Union landed a probe on Mars in 1971.
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