HELSINKI — A senior Chinese space scientist and delegate to the country's national congress is proposing the prioritization of an unprecedented orbiter mission to ice giant Neptune.
Chinese researchers have published concept studies for Neptune orbiter missions in recent years which would require technological breakthroughs but could deliver huge scientific payoffs.
Wang Wei, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and a researcher at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), made the proposal to prioritize a Neptune orbiter mission as a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), during China's ongoing political sessions in Beijing.
