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"China, which sent its first lunar orbiter to probe the moon's surface recently, will launch its maiden Mars probe onboard a Russian rocket in October 2009" .......<br /><br />http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_To_Launch_Mars_Probe_In_2009_999.html<br /><br />Everybody (as in countries China/India/Japan/USA/Europe etc and private sector companies) keeps saying they aren’t taking part in a new space race. It sure feels like one to me. Exciting stuff!!<br /><br />One thing did confuse me in this article tho' ...........<br /><br />"The probe would land on the Martian moon and return to earth with soil samples, it said."<br /><br />Surely China cant develop the tech' to launch a sample return mission from one of Mars' moons by 2009?<br /><br />And which moon?!?<br /><br />Is this just a bad piece of editing?<br /><br />Itsfullofstars<br />