The two emerging economic superpowers, China and India, are heading for the planets. China has launched a robotic lander, the "Jade Rabbit", intended to prowl the surface of the moon, in part to look for mineral resources.
India has launched a budget Mars mission costing just $73 million aiming to show that India can do spacework on the cheap. India's Mars probe is by far more difficult and challenging than China's.
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