[canuck_conservative]

"I don't think NASA has one of these, do you?"

What, a MODEL of a Mars Base? Big deal, look in any large Hollywood movie studio.

And from the very article that you linked to in that post, I found this gem:

"Western scientists are skeptical that a country that has not yet put a man into orbit is serious about tackling Mars."

So let's see the proof in actions - talk is cheap.

[Quix]

Certainly the Chinese can boast and posture.

But they are fanatics about making their leadership pronouncements come to pass AT LEAST to the degree they postulated.