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NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead

456 points · 391 comments · Muhammad523

peri-cl · 1790019864 · focus · HN ↗
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,
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-3" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-3
1. notabee · 1790020232 · focus · HN ↗
  Anyone wanting to be involved in the future of scientific research should probably start learning Mandarin. We're going the way of the Soviets, where political officers will quash any science that doesn't fit their ideology. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/trump-planning-to-hand-veto-power-over-nih-grants-to-political-appointee/" rel="nofollow">https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/trump-planning-to-ha...
  1. amarcheschi · 1790022685 · focus · HN ↗
    A few hours ago I was looking for some food safety information, found a US gov website posted on reddit and
    The website wasn't available anymore
    drstewart · 1790023909 · focus · HN ↗
    Wow, what Chinese government site in Mandarin did you use instead?
    totallymike · 1790037240 · focus · HN ↗
    I don’t understand the point you are trying to make. Is it that since the person didn’t find the page they were looking for, they must be a Chinese plant?
    drstewart · 1790058107 · focus · HN ↗
    Try reading the entire context of the thread this time.

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