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A permanent base and a "celestial ladder": the Chinese plans for Mars

The Chinese State Academy has announced its plans to establish a permanent base on Mars within 20 years. The race has begun.

Gianluca Ricciodi Gianluca Riccio
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The Chinese State Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) announced some ambitious plans to establish a permanent manned base on the surface of Mars.

In a speech at the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2021), the head of CALT Wang Xiaojun elaborated a three-step approach for future missions to the Red Planet, such as reports on state newspaper Global Times .

Mars Base Alpha

Mars Base 1, the facility in Gansu province that the Chinese are using for simulations of Chinese manned missions.

The announcement sends a strong signal that China is interested in developing a base for human presence on the Red Planet within the next 20 years or so. It is a timing compatible with that of NASA and SpaceX, and foreshadows an upcoming "space race" that renews that of the 60s between the US and the USSR.

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Three steps to Mars

China hopes to start with a mission to return from Mars between 2030 and 2035, as well as a reconnaissance mission, with the aim of finding the best place for a future base. The next is a manned mission, which will start the path to the Martian base.

Starting in 2040, China then hopes to establish a "large-scale Earth-Mars cargo fleet" for "large-scale development of bases and human presence on the Red Planet".

The Celestial staircase

Chinese Martian base
No, it is not the prototype of the space elevator: it is a more “poetic” version of the artist Cai Guo-Qiang for a recent Netflix documentary. I don't know, it came to my mind and I posted it.

Wang has clear ideas about what China would like to do to send crews to Mars. And he mentions two fundamental elements: nuclear energy and "Sky Ladder". A "celestial ladder".

What?

It is essentially a type of space elevator, which could carry cargo and crews to the moon using only 4% of the cost. It would involve a capsule traveling along a carbon nanotube to a space station before relaunching towards the moon. Somewhat ambitious, isn't it?

These ideas may seem mostly science fiction at this stage. The reflection of a new race is the proliferation of “combative” statements, sometimes for propaganda purposes.

But on the way to a Martian base, China's recent roadmap is truly remarkable. The country of red lanterns managed to send rovers to both the moon and Mars, and established a space station in orbit over the course of a few years.

Those who want to bet on meeting certain deadlines also for the Red Planet may not lose their money.

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