On Mar 9, 10:02*am, "Jeff Findley"
wrote:
wrote in message

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"China is studying the design of a Moon rocket...

Big hairy deal. *The US has studied all sorts of things. *The problem is
getting funding to make one of those studies into reality.

Jeff
--
"Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
Lampoon


Maybe Chinese groups will enter and win the Lunar X Prize?
http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/

Note on the WSJ article featured in that link: I read that article in
the WSJ, and on the same or adjoing page they had an opposing opinion
article. Not to willingly diss the hopes of future private space
exploration, myself. But the other opinion is out there.