New details have emerged about a planned mission to Mars by the Chinese space program and the ambitious nature of the project is staggering.
The scientist leading the endeavor, Zhang Rongqiao, recently spoke at a conference in China and told attendees that it "is going smoothly and all according to plan."
Set to launch in 2020, the astounding spacecraft being developed by the Chinese space agency would constituted a truly historic achievement should its mission be a success.
According to Rongqiao, the project would constitute a remarkably multi-faceted approach to studying Mars as the spacecraft would consist of a probe sent to the Red Planet that would then deploy a lander to touch down on the surface of the distant world in order to unleash a rover!
More on this remarkably complex and never-tried-before mission at the Coast to Coast AM website.