China could beat America to the moon race

March 16, 2007 · Filed Under Sci and Tech · 1 Comment 

China could beat America to the moon race

With it growing economic and a weakening US dollar and economy, China is likely to beat the US in the moon race when President Bush told the entire nation that America would land again on the moon. Some of the key points are:

  • China has about 200,000 people working on its space program, about three times the number in the United States
  • China’s economic prowess is about twice that of America’s in the early 1960s

    • It would be nice if this healthy moon race would somehow benefits he entire human race, but we all knows that America is eye China’s space program with fear, fear that China’s space program might evolve into a space war program that will change the world’s super power in the future.

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    Moon Base By 2020

    December 4, 2006 · Filed Under Sci and Tech · Comment 

    There you go, VOA News reports that Nasa plans to build a moon base. With the US and her on going war, I wonder how is Nasa going about funding the project knowing that the US is in big debt. If thing continue to worsen, a recession might hit and there goes the human civilization.

    The United States says it plans to establish the first permanent human base on the moon by 2020 at the latest. The space agency NASA has revealed its plans for locating the outpost and for a landing craft that would carry astronauts from the base to explore other regions. VOA’s David McAlary reports from Washington.

    No image of the moon base from Nasa but here are some of the past concept by artist around the world.

    Moon Base By 2020

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