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China Plans Moonbase

Posted by timothy on from the it's-chilly-up-there dept.

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?"

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  1. Re:"For the benefit of humanity" by Bearpaw · · Score: 2, Redundant
    They should switch to democracy instead!

    Maybe they're hoping that someone else will try it first.

  2. Re:It is Good(tm) Regardless by cygnusx · · Score: 0, Redundant

    > It is good for humanity, regardless.

    Yes! More power to them! To all the people who'll inevitably gripe about China being too autocratic or whatever, remember that this move could at least a fire under the Senate Space Subcommittee's collective arse and cause them to think twice about frittering away the thirty year old lead they had in this area.

    Never mind who does it first. Either way, humanity wins.