China Manned Lunar Landing 2017

China plans to beat the U.S.back to the Moon, at least according
to the following report.

"http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-11-04T111450Z_01_YUE440395_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-ENERGY-SPACE-CHINA-DC.XML"

China has plans for a 25 tonne to LEO launcher, but no plans
that I've heard of for a 100 tonne vehicle. Perhaps the lunar
effort will be fully EOR?

There was a report earlier this week that Shenzhou 8,9,and 10
would be launched in rapid succession and dock together to form
a kind of space station.

- Ed Kyle