[Bryan24]

1. We did it first.

2. We did it 33 years ago.(Men on moon)

3. We sent men to the moon 6 times. Over 2 decades ago.

3. We have exceeded 100 flights on the follow-up system to the Apollo systems.

I am currently sitting in a NASA office and I'm not very happy about the state of the Agency, but they ARE 42 years behind us, using the technology and lessons we gave them.

[RightWhale]

China could send a circumlunar mission next year. It's possible. NASA could not do that again for a decade. China could catch up in space tech in one launch, and you can bet they are trying to do so. Who knows what they are building. Could be a lunar transfer rocket coming out anytime, and a lunar landing module, too. They could launch a Mars probe and we wouldn't have any advance notice. Not to be paranoid, but these things are possible, and they would seem to want to leapfrog everybody, according to various recently released statements.

[bonesmccoy]

With all due respect, NASA can't launch a man into LEO at this point.

The Chinese are NOT 42 years behind us because Clinton x42 GAVE the Chinese PLA OUR technology from Loral.