The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) scientific community established China’s broad timelines for crewed Lunar and Mars missions simultaneously in 2009. At that time, the Chinese Academy of Science’s (CAS’s) 40-year technology forecast called Space Science & Technology in China: A Roadmap to 2050 was largely seen as unofficial and aspirational. However, the scientists’ forecast for a crewed Moon landing “around 2030” has turned out to be an accurate prediction, assuming all goes to plan. This report examines CAS’s second prediction for “crewed Mars exploration around 2050.”
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