US and China race to Mars

The World

In the race between the US and China to bring back rock samples from Mars, China is inching ahead. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Clayton Swope, an aerospace expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about China’s efforts, how the US is trying to compete, and what’s motivating both countries in this quest.

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