On the afternoon of March 4, the first "Member Channel" of the Fourth Session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee was opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Bao Weimin, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the Science and Technology Committee of the Aerospace Science and Technology Group, said in response to a reporter’s question that “Tianwen-1” has a high starting point, high efficiency, great challenges, and strong innovation. "Detection, three steps and one step, this will create a precedent for human deep space exploration.
For the success of the follow-up mission, after our "Tianwen-1" arrives on Mars, we will also conduct detailed investigations on the topography of the pre-selected landing area and the Utopia Plain, and observe the weather of the flight corridor entering Mars to avoid encounters when landing on Mars. Sandy weather.
After a comprehensive risk analysis, we will choose an opportunity to land on Mars from May to June 2021 to carry out follow-up inspections.
(Producing Le Xiaomin)
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]