Actually I believe I heard that is their next "goal" (remember those???)....I think they are shooting for 2008 or something like that.
ANYTHING that gets our cowardly Congress to agree that we should Go Back to the Moon--& ON to Mars--is Good.
It seems that our "Fearless Leaders" have a PROBLEM with the "Future!"
There is, apparently, NO UNDERSTANDING OF the Potential of Human Endeavor--especially with regard to the Exploration & Colonization of Space!!
Either we "Join &/or Surpass" the current Chinese Manned Space Program, or we Stand Aside, & Watch the Chinese Dominate "The Skies!!"
Willy-Nilly, we are NOW in ANOTHER "SPACE RACE!!!"
SO BE IT!!
Either we go BACK TO THE MOON,--& ON TO MARS,--or the "Language of EarthCentric Space Exploration" will be CHINESE,--NOT ENGLISH!!
If our "Political Leaders" CANNOT UNDERSTAND the Simple Equation I Just Created, then I Fear "Western Civilization" will NOT BE a "Factor" in the Future Exploration of our near Space.
We are NOW on the "Cusp" of Human expansion to the Stars!
We "Go to the Stars" as a "Creature," or we Involute--& Perish.
I'm ON OUR SIDE;--I BELIEVE THAT we have EARNED the RIGHT to CONTINUE!!
WE ARE WORTH SAVING,--& we ARE worthy of future Considerations of our behavior--, & we have EARNED the RIGHT to objective analysis of ANY of our Decisions!
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