China space agency reckons Zhurong Mars rover has probably been done in by dust

China has finally confirmed that its Zhurong Mars rover is inoperable, and may never again roll across the red planet. The rover's chief designer, Zhang Rongqiao said in an interview with Chinese state media on Tuesday that a pile-up of dust had likely affected the vehicle's ability to generate power. He did not speculate …

[Roger Kynaston]

Sorry to hear that

Clearly not enough dust storms where it is which helped Opportunity last so much longer than the planned.

Several Tsing-Tao to the team though. ->

[jollyboyspecial]

Should have got Huawei to build it. I hear their stuff calls home all the time.

[StrangerHereMyself]

Success

The fact that the Chinese landed a craft, deployed a rover and operated it for several months is already a huge success. Very few nations have been able to accomplish that, the U.S. being the only nation that has done so consistently. They also got it right the first time.

[SnOOpy168]

and I thought China had plenty of experience with sandstorms to do their testing in a real environment.

Perhaps sand and dust are two different materials?