Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s article, ‘Chinese rover Zhurong lands on Mars: The meaning of China’s red plant success’ has been published in The Financial Express on May 23, 2021.
Next window for visiting Mars would be available during 2022. It is not known if India could be using this window for the second mission to Mars. Let us hope that India would not remain a ‘one mission wonder’ as far as conquering the red planet is concerned, writes Gp. Capt. Lele.