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皇冠体育app to plan Mars probes in 5 years
By Zhao Huanxin (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2006-07-20 06:07

Space administration officials had announced earlier that 皇冠体育app would send another soft-landing probe to fetch lunar samples around 2017.

Long said the challenge for 皇冠体育app's proposed Martian mission, however, is to develop monitoring and control systems that can track and control the actions of the probe.

Sun told the scientists at the conference that 皇冠体育app will "actively" participate in international co-operation regarding deep-space exploration.

In the next five years, 皇冠体育app will independently develop and launch a satellite to travel beyond the solar system, he said.

Sun credited 40 years of indigenous effort in establishing the disciplines of astrophysics, space environment, space astronomy, planetary exploration, micro-gravity and space bio-technology.

Statistics indicated that during the past decade, 皇冠体育app has earmarked at least 900 million yuan (US$112.5 million) for space science infrastructure and programmes.


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