The ‘new space race’: China and US lead the charge for Mars, with SpaceX and smaller nations fighting for the Moon and low Earth orbit

China and the US are in a race to Mars – with both nations due to land a rover on the Red Planet this month, and plans for future missions already in development. This new ‘space race’, unlike the battle to the Moon between the US and Soviet Union, is likely to be a much more crowded field, including private firms and smaller nations – such as the United Arab Emirates who have a probe en-route to Mars now. SpaceX founder Elon Musk reiterated in a recent interview that his aim is to land the first humans on Mars by 2026 – that is seven years earlier than NASA ‘s earliest goal. The US, China, Russia, Japan and the European Space Agency have loftier goals for exploring Mars – including missions to bring samples of Martian rock back to the Earth by the end of this decade – with humans landing on the planet by 2040. Before then, the first humans on Mars may fly there on the massive SpaceX Starship – currently in the testing phase – with a recent ‘explosive’ end to a recent flight. China and the US are in a race to Mars – with both… Read full this story

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