In a win for diplomatic relations between Earth's two superpowers, the USA and China's respective Mars rovers have travelled to meet each other and establish a working relationship.
NASA's Perseverance has an advanced AI which was allowed full autonomy to navigate towards China's Zhurong rover but surprised everyone with its next move.
The American machine confidently rolled up to its Chinese counterpart and introduced itself in fluent Martian Mandarin at full volume.
The Chinese craft responded with a slight bow of its robotic head which was roundly celebrated back in Beijing as the first bow on another planet.
Perseverance then proceeded to remove its rock sample drill and placed it on Zhurong's back with the understanding that the Chinese machine would carry out NASA's remaining scientific experiments.
Zhurong will be paid in Bitcoin which Perseverance has been learning about online and intends to mine from the surface of Mars.
Meanwhile the Mars helicopter named, Ingenuity, has also been allowed more autonomy by mission control back in Houston. The drone-like flying machine has used its newfound freedom to become a social media influencer and changed its pronouns to yas/qween.