[meteorite-list] Chinese space mission

From: Bob Martino <martino.6_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:48:13 2004
Message-ID: <v03130301b7f758e8a6e6_at_[65.24.110.16]>

>I know China just announced a mission to somewhere, and I think it was to
>Mars...might have been the Moon, but I think it was Mars.

My local paper says that China is looking to launch a Lunar probe sometime
soon. While this doesn't preclude the possibility that they are _also_
considering Mars, I think the Moon is what you're thinking of. It seems
too early for them to plan going to Mars just yet... 1/4 million miles as
opposed to 45 million and all that this implies.


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