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OmicronCeti
>Zhurong’s mission is expected to last three months

This seems laughably short, even by the low bar countries like to set for their Mars rovers.

didgeoridoo
That was exactly the mission duration for Spirit and Opportunity. Doesn’t seem too far off, if Chinese rover tech is ~15 years behind NASA/JPL…
raylad
What countries? China is only the second country ever to land anything at all, let alone a rover, on Mars.
addison-lee
Third, the Soviet Union landed a probe on Mars in 1971.