When it comes to space exploration, 2016 was a watershed year on both sides of the Pacific.
But the big push this year: The race to Mars. China and the U.S. both announced missions in 2020.
John Zarrella has more on the fascination with the Red Planet.
Also with us:
- Yang Yuguang, professor at the China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation.
- Jean-Jacques Tortora, director of the European Space Policy Institute.
- Thomas Jones, four-time NASA Space Shuttle crew member. Jones actually helped complete the International Space Station.
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#China Trumps #NASA With Working #StarTrek #EMDrive, Testing Now Aboard the #Tiangong2 #Space Laboratoryhttps://t.co/GO6NmN7KqL pic.twitter.com/j5ufNMB1UN
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A trip to the SPACE? This meat pie made it! It was hoped the pastry's ascent up to 100,000 ft could make it easier to swallow and digest pic.twitter.com/eik4didosA
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Chinese President Xi meets astronauts of Tiangong-2 space lab and Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft on Tue, calls for more efforts in innovation pic.twitter.com/dtjCRDvAfu
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