China: The Next Space Superpower

the_newsbeagle writes "'As 2014 dawns, China has the most active and ambitious space program in the world,' says this article. While it's true that the Chinese space agency is just now reaching milestones that the U.S. and Russia reached 40 years ago (its first lunar rover landed in December), the Chinese government's strong support for space exploration means that it's catching up fast. On the agenda for the next decade: A space station to rival the ISS, a new spaceport, new heavy-lift rockets, a global satellite navigation system to rival GPS, and China's first space science satellites."

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Re:Germany

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess I'm supposed to evaluate all the black governed nations of the world and .. what? Disagree with this? I bet nobody who mods you down or gets upset with you would EVER voluntarily move to any ghetto or any place like Haiti or Rwanda or Ethiopia.

If the blacks were a prosperous peaceful people known for their success and technical contributions you would never know what the word "racism" means. And don't give me that "history of oppression" bullshit. EVERYONE has ancestors who were slaves. No exceptions, look into it yourself. The Jews were horribly oppressed and remain prosperous today. How many counterexamples does it take for an otherwise scientific minded crowd to reject a false idea? Oh if you really like the idea you cling to it anyway just like anybody you'd scoff at in any other context, huh.

But we have health care

[hessian]

USA has shifted spending from external (being a superpower, space conquest, invention) to the internal (entitlements, welfare and health insurance).

We may accomplish nothing but we're good people. Look at all the parasites we're funding.