On Oct 27, 8:06 pm, "Jonathan" wrote:
First Bush and his Vision to the moon, then Japan, India
and now China all gearing up to go back to the moon.
...The same reason for Apollo, we were in a ....military...race
with the Soviets.

On the other hand, what has humanity done in space since the end of
the Cold War? Well...we've put up one-and-a-half space stations,
we've got a half-assed heavy booster (which wasn't too reliable to
start with; now it's apparently falling apart at the seams), and
occassionally we've got a billionaire renting some space on the half-
station for a few days.

I say bring on the new Space Race. At least something will happen.