China's Space Program News Thread

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by78

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Celebratory cake to mark the successful deployment of the Mars rover.

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by78

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A concept study on using nets to clear space junk.


The net is attached to a spacecraft. After a piece of debris is caught in the net, the spacecraft tows it to a higher orbit dedicated to space junk. The spacecraft then moves onto the next target to repeat the process.
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Ground test/verification of the concept:
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Richard Santos

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High-resolution images from Mars, including a 360 view.

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The overhead composite shows quite a large number of notably light colored pebbles around the lander. There seems to be no light colored pebbles farther away. This suggest the light color pebbles were either sand blasted by the dirt thrown up by landing rocket exhaust, or they were excavated by the landing rocket exhaust from below ground and then tossed outwards as the rocket landed.
 

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下一步拟于2028年实施火星取样返回任务。同时还将在2025年前后实施近地小行星取样返回和主带彗星的环绕探测,2029年实施木星系及行星际穿越探测任务。后续行星探测工程任务,已经得到党中央肯定,相关方案正按程序履行报批手续。

Mars sample return mission confirmed in 2028. Asteroid sample return/comet exploration around 2025 and Jupiter exploration+interplanetary exploration mission in 2025. CCP has already given approval and funding for these projects!
 

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Mars sample return mission confirmed in 2028. Asteroid sample return/comet exploration around 2025 and Jupiter exploration+interplanetary exploration mission in 2025. CCP has already given approval and funding for these projects!
Manned lunar mission hasn't been approved yet?
Perhaps they'll announce it in 2025 depending on how much progress they've made.
 

Richard Santos

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It would be interesting to see the currently planned mission profile of Chinese Mars sample return mission. The previous tentative mission profile China published involved the use of a single huge (mass at earth departure = 30+ tons) and extremely complex probe that requires the use of the planned long match 9 rocket to lunch. If that mission profile is still current, then it means LM-9 has to be in service by that time.
 
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