Not a newflash -- China has been aggressively pursuing space as an option for two decades now. This, in conjunction, with their "conventional" military. But our government is preoccupied with other activities...while China pushes forward. That is China's design.
well geeze...now that Klintoon and Loral have given them all our secret missle formulas, I guess they can go and do whatever they like.
Clinton is a rotten traitor who needs to be tried as such.
If they beat us to a functional moon base, they can give us a "Surrender or die!" ultimatum. We are at the bottom of a gravity well, and a few big chunks of rock would be more effective than H-bombs. I hope our national security planners have read their Heinlein. ;)