[SSN558]

I am happy for the Chinese, they have excellent and dedicated engineers and scientists with the backing of their government and people to explore new fronteirs.

I am sad for America. We lost the edge and mired ourselves in socialism, free trade, wasteful bureaurcracy, and a war on terror. Our greatness has been squandered and will take decades to rebuild it, if that is even possible.

[Brian S]

I am happy for the Chinese, they have excellent and dedicated engineers and scientists with the backing of their government and people to explore new fronteirs.

I am sad for America. We lost the edge and mired ourselves in socialism, free trade, wasteful bureaurcracy, and a war on terror. Our greatness has been squandered and will take decades to rebuild it, if that is even possible.

Ditto your remarks.... I would like to think the USA would puck its head of out its "New World Order" ass and get back to "nation building"....OUR NATION, THE USA!!!

[John H K]

I am sad for America. We lost the edge and mired ourselves in socialism, free trade, wasteful bureaurcracy, and a war on terror. Our greatness has been squandered and will take decades to rebuild it, if that is even possible.

What "edge" is lost?

We could orbit dozens a people a year in a tin can capsule in a few months if we wanted to, which, we don't because it's pointless(as this Chinese mission is, and all of their manned missions for a decade, will be absolutely useless in all practical military, economic, and scientific terms.)

Heck, even our own manned program (the Space Shuttle) really has set us back in space.

If we'd not had the Shuttle program (and that Godawful space station) at all, and spent the money on our unmanned programs, we'd be a lot further ahead militarily and scientifically in space, for sure.