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MathMonkeyMan
Let China have the Moon. USSR was first in space, USA was first on the Moon, and China can be second on the Moon.

China should be the first to Mars! That'd be quite a thing.

k12sosse
Why stop there? Who will be the first to land on the Sun?
belter
I think North-Korea. They will go during the night!
techbuttman
I think some of the concern is China's desire to create a moon base. And the best spot is near the south pole, so whoever 'claims' it first will have significant advantages over everyone else.

There's no real reason to send people to Mars other than to get experience with long distance space travel. Robots are much cheaper to send.