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China to launch Mars sample return mission in 2028, will follow planetary protection guidelines (spacenews.com)
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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Very smart to build your sample return into your mission plan instead of “probably we’ll add that mission in the future”.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wonder if they'll share the returned samples. Wonder if NASA/ESA would.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

I'd like to assume it would be treated like the asteroid return samples. Host nation gets the majority, but other nations get samples too.