This story has recently hit the news. I think it is reasonably clear he was not putting forward a serious worked out future plan for Mars. But is there any potential in the idea?
According to reports, China's Mars orbiter has surveyed the whole red planet. Large craters, canyons, and a volcano are all shown in the spacecraft's images of Mars.
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft has acquired imagery data covering all of Mars, including visuals of its South Pole, after circling the planet more than 1,300 times since early last year, state media reported on Wednesday.
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