China Plans Moonbase

jfruhlinger writes: "According to this BBC news article, the Chinese government plans to put a human on the moon by 2010, with the long-term goal of 'set[ting] up a base on the moon and min[ing] its riches for the benefit of humanity.' The article seems to think that the program is more for the benefit of China's defense and aerospace industry. D'ya think they can pull it off?"

Comments

Re:D'ya think they can pull it off?

[Peyna]

The word is sabotage, not sabatoge. To everyone who thinks that spelling isn't important or moot to point out; misspelling words can greatly diminish your message, especially when you have the word italicized and bold at the end of the message.

Re:It's ironic really...

[ronfar]

The Chinese government, I think, has realized something. They aren't a Communist country anymore, but they still want to maintain certain aspects of Communist ideology. One aspect they want to maintain is the state as the source of religous fervor. Hence this anti-Falun Gong poster:

Uphold Science, Eradicate Superstition, 1999 (which is located at: Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages - Falun Gong

They've decided to replace the idea of a Communist utopia with a faith in scientific progress. It's really their only chance to hold onto a population that is showing a renewed interest in religion.

I believe they'll do this, if they don't collapse first. From the Red Chinese government perspective, they have to to survive.

Re:D'ya think they can pull it off?

[Paradise Pete]

I figured it had to be a troll, because how could anyone talking about knowing a specific word then screw up the spelling? (in bold and italics, no less)

Re:mining? yeah sure.

[grazzy]

i knew that