Don't count on the Chinese to ignite a new space race

On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 23:19:15 GMT, in a place far, far away, John
Halpenny made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

The chinese didn't invent running shoes or socket wrenches either, but they seem to
have taken over the market for these and many other items. When trips to the moon
get to be common, they will likely be on chinese rockets.

That's actually quite unlikely, at least on their current programmatic
trajectory.

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"Ultimate Buu" wrote in message .. .
http://www.spacedaily.com/2003/03080....mmw6dkx5.html

The Chinese want to put a robot on the Moon in about 20 years! Phew! I think
a commercial U.S. company is doing something similar next year or so. And it
took the U.S. only 8 years to put a MAN on the moon. This completely
squashes my dream of the Chinese igniting another space race. Woe is us.

That is true. But a nice 50 meter Impactor and 1 km crater on any
continental land mass (or an Impactor with Tsunami) would cut through
a lot of ennui about space flight!