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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Subject: OT: China may do a Mars sample return in 2028 before the US...
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 05:37:47 GMT
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With NASA’s plan faltering, China knows it can be first with Mars sample return
 https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/with-nasas-plan-faltering-china-knows-it-can-be-first-with-mars-sample-return/
 "China is likely to become the first country to return samples from Mars."

IMO this is nice, they will very likely confirm signs of life there,
something that NASA has been denying because of their Adam and Eve sponsors now for many years.

OTOH it may introduce the Mars virus here
and the human COVID one there.

Interesting times :-)