That leaves China, which as I pointed out just recently, exports more good to the US than anywhere else, so why you think they'd try to threaten their biggest trading partner (and military counterpart) is beyond me.
as seen many times before, the States will probably threaten China, and thereby breaking all commitments and use space for military expansion, when China gets too powerful. out of 'self defence' (of course).
In my opinion this is what the next space race is about: who builds the first moon base. Will McDonald's colonize that piece of rock, or some Chinese Restaurant? My prediction is that the Chinese space agency will be faster than Nasa, because setting up such a plan is expensive, very expensive. Just only think about the water and food supplies, that has to be shipped to the base every now and then.
As the US are fighting a 5xx-trillion budget hole, question is, if there are enough funds to support such a mission.
Now we're not talking about 5 years from now, more about 25. The best solution is to build a space station first, where goods can be shipped to. hauling from a geostationary orbit to the moon might not be faster, but definately cheaper.
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it's probably the windforce that makes everyone addicted (it's the most wanted item in hongkong). it made me addictive... but it's genetic, i think...
That leaves China, which as I pointed out just recently, exports more good to the US than anywhere else, so why you think they'd try to threaten their biggest trading partner (and military counterpart) is beyond me. as seen many times before, the States will probably threaten China, and thereby breaking all commitments and use space for military expansion, when China gets too powerful. out of 'self defence' (of course).
In my opinion this is what the next space race is about: who builds the first moon base. Will McDonald's colonize that piece of rock, or some Chinese Restaurant? My prediction is that the Chinese space agency will be faster than Nasa, because setting up such a plan is expensive, very expensive. Just only think about the water and food supplies, that has to be shipped to the base every now and then. As the US are fighting a 5xx-trillion budget hole, question is, if there are enough funds to support such a mission. Now we're not talking about 5 years from now, more about 25. The best solution is to build a space station first, where goods can be shipped to. hauling from a geostationary orbit to the moon might not be faster, but definately cheaper.