08 May 2013
Ye Peijian, academician of the Chinese Academy of Science and Chief Designer of Chang'e-1, China's first Moon probe, and Chief Commander of the Chang'e-2 and Chang'e-3 missions, said, based on comprehensive consideration, China has no clear Mars exploration program at the present. Therefore, experts have called for carrying it out as soon as possible. Mars is regarded as the most suitable of the inner planets for human settlements next to the Earth. It has been the first choice for global scientific and technological power’s planet exploration.
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