China names Mars rover for traditional fire god

FILE - This file image made available by the China National Space Administration on Dec. 16, 2020, shows the Tianwen-1 probe en route to Mars. China’s first Mars rover will be named Zhurong after a traditional fire god, the government announced Saturday, April 24, 2021. The rover is aboard the Tianwen-1 probe that arrived in Mars orbit on Feb. 24 and is due to land in May to look for evidence of life.

BEIJING — China’s first Mars rover will be named Zhurong after a traditional fire god, the government announced Saturday. It is part of Chinese space plans that include launching a crewed orbital station and landing a human on the moon. China in 2019 became the first country to land a space probe on the little-explored far side of the moon and in December returned lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s.

The name “signifies igniting the flame of China’s planetary exploration,” a deputy CNSA administrator, Wu Yanhua, was cited by the official Xinhua News Agency as saying.

Hope China has fun with all that old Spirit/Opportunity tech their spies stole from us.

Will it be built by Uighur slaves?

How can something so “Zhurong” be so “Zhu-right”? 🤔🛰🤦🏼‍♂️ China Mars

今年中国的九段线包含火星吗？

FLEX

It will be powered by rona

Lmao, the amount of hate on China. Hahha that says how China triggered fascist countries. Hahah it's hilarious to see those jealousy

My fire god's name is Raul

Oddly, mars is cold and doesnt have oxygen to support fire

Do they intend to send the Coronavirus with this rover to Mars?

Hey there! Come and keep updated on Zhurong rover and Tianwen-1 Mars exploration mission

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Good photoshopped images don't count...

How adorably primitive.

I’d have called it night ranger.

China to claim Mars for China?

Its me your traditional fire god how can i help you sir

Is ‘ron’ common in whatever originates in China ? justathought

Better a traditional fire god with family values than a progressive one that just wants to burn everything up.

bad omen. will go down in 🔥

Second choice was Yao Ming.

Who did they bootleg it from? 🤣

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