China planning moon landing as first step to Mars

spacedaily.com ^ | 20 May 02 | AFP

[RightWhale]

Futron/Zogby poll says 7% of those with the scratch would take a two-week flight to the ISS for $20 million. If the price is $5 million, 16% would go. 61% would rather train in the US than have to go to Russia. Annual incomes over $250,000 were polled. There's a lot of customers.

[r9etb]

I expect the Chinese to reach their goals. Their kids are the best educated in the world, and they are hard workers. I challange you to find anything in any electronic store that is not made in China.

I'm not really arguing about their technological capability to do this; rather, I'm raising the BS flag based on what's being said, what's being planned, and the timetable being given, which point to this being a political effort.

I personally do not believe that the Chinese political landscape can sustain the effort required to make it work.

[Brett66]

Looks like the Chi-com's are backtracking:

China denies manned Moon mission plans

[RightWhale]

Well, 2020 or 2030 is still about 100 years ahead of NASA's plans.