This article only obliquely mentions in the last paragraphs, but there's a parallel Chinese program that recently brought back samples from the moon, and will attempt Mars sample return, launching in 2028,
I think that the scientific community really doesn't care about who will bring the samples back, but simply wheter someone will do it and share them with the world
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