China plans PERMANENT manned base on Mars!
Beijing's state-owned Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) has laid down the gauntlet to NASA and SpaceX by announcing an ambitious thee-step plan to establish a permanent crewed presence on Mars.
By the early 2040s China wants to have a "large-scale Earth-Mars cargo fleet", with an initial recon mission penciled in for about 10 years' time - using NUCLEAR power.
Plans include a Sky Ladder - a carbon nanotube carrying capsules of equipment and people to a space station, from where they could be launched to the Moon at just 4% of the usual cost.
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