[KellyAdmirer]

A little competition for a change might be just the tonic for NASA. Would be kind of embarrassing for the Chinese to develop resources on the long-ignored Moon before the US does.

If this doesn't wake NASA up, maybe nothing ever will.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

If this doesn't wake NASA up, maybe nothing ever will.

Senator Nelson of Fla. brought up the subject of China at a space, commerce and transportation hearing with Sean O'Keefe on Friday. O'Keefe was very mum on the subject. I hope Bush and the military have plans for our homeland security as it pertains to China's designs on space dominance.

[jhofmann]

What resources on the moon are you talking about? What's the cost-benefit equation look like for mining and transporting those resources back to Earth? I don't think we have found gold or uranium up there.