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China Scrubs Moon Mission Plans
Jim McCoy writes "CNN is reporting that according to China's state media, plans for a manned moon mission have been shelved due to cost. They are planning on a space station though..."
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Manned space exploration just doesn't make sense folks.
Do you think this funny? I don't understand why there are still so many cocky and stupid people like you on this earth biasing against China. Damn you, idiot!!!!!!!
Now granted China is the leader of black market and bootleg items but what engineering marvels are they responsable for? (Sans Great Wall) I'd be pretty damn impressed if they could make a decent car, (or bicycle) much less a space station. Really what nations want to jump in on that investment? All though, those free tupperwear containers that you get with the lunch specials are pretty kick ass, they're even microwave safe.... In all seriousness this is just politics. Smart money says they get to join the 16 nation coalition of the spacebound.
I boycott signatures
Wow, you're confused. I don't equate any of that together.
1) the economy is bad.
2) the government descisions being made are bad.
They are not necessarily related.
Do I think that putting shit to Mars makes fiscal sense? Absolutely not. We have more important shit to spend that money on.
Let's put it in a way that you can understand... You have people that are under you (family, whatever). They give you a portion of their income for you to do with in what you believe to be in their best interests. Some of your family members are dying of disease, hunger, and exposure yet you decide it would be a good idea to build a car from scratch and send it to another country so that you can explore the possibility of acquiring land there to possibly further your family's wealth and prosperity generations down the road.
Doesn't make much fucking sense does it?