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How China Will Get To the Moon Before a Google Lunar XPrize Winner

Posted by samzenpus on from the third-is-better-than-last dept.

An anonymous reader writes in with this link about the advances in China's lunar program. "A $30 million Google-backed competition to land a spacecraft on the moon may be about to be scooped. China's Chang'e 3 probe successfully put itself into lunar orbit on Friday in preparation for an attempted touchdown around Dec. 14. China won't be winning the prize money, which is reserved for privately funded, previously enrolled teams, not government agencies."

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  1. Re:One small post for man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One giant leap for mankind.

    This.

    I live in America. I like its culture. I like its people. I'd like to see it propagate offworld. But if my tribe is no longer interested in taking the high ground, I'd rather see my species - be it 50, 500, or 5000 years from now - speaking some variation of Mandarin than not living offworld at all.

    My tribe's ancestors went there in peace for all mankind. Good luck, Chinese dudes.