Been there...done that...signed USA
The Japanese rocket will be comfortable, fuel efficient, completely reliable, and will flawlessly perform the mission. The Chinese rocket will be made out of metal 1/1000th of an inch too thin to increase a manufacturers profits and will land on children when it crashes.
“China’s military-run space program has taken a great leap forward in recent years, “
Thank you Buffoon in Chief Billy Boy Klintoon.
Too bad Ron Brown didn’t live to spend his booty from all this wheelin and deelin!
Aaaah... if it keeps them busy...
I’d rather see the US beat both. The instant any other nation establishes a permanent working base on the moon, it establishes a claim on the mineral resources of the moon, regardless of whatever toothless UN treaties have been signed. It’s obvious that Japan, China, Russia, and India all have their sights set on establishing a presence on the moon within several decades. The US has no choice but to return permanently.
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No signs of megalomania there....
Hey Chavez, where's your satellite loaded up with hymns so the masses can sing praise to you??
I bet any time now the idiot will announce he's building a space program and launching one.
Taking the Russian method of ownership, we have planted a flag on the moon therefore it is ours and any nation entering our “lunar space” will be thusly charged with treaspassing, spying, espionage, and possibly and act of war.
The Chinese want to push Japan aside , and have so far helped Liberal socialists like Shinzo Abe get elected to prevent the military expansion of the Japanese Defence Forces to a more effective international role. But the Chinese will seek to destroy Japans satellites with its agressor satellite, and will not allow the Jpanese to get ahead.This is why Japan needs a military capability beyong self defence. China means to bring Japan into its hegemony, one way or another, and so far they have been successful, that is what the election of Shinzo Abe represents.
Better not ask Sheila Jackson Lee for directions.
I don't understand why the US has not found one good application for a Moon-base?
My money’s on Japan. I hear the food given to the Chinese astronauts can kill ya! And an hour later, it kills you again! [rimshot]
My money is on Japan...twice before China gets there once...
You just can't hand a backward country technology and expect that they will have the good sense and morals to use it wisely!
Can the Reds even get that thing off the ground....with all the lead paint, who knows?
A question is the direction the next Admin will take. They could cut the manned return to the moon and the manned trip to Mars. They might leave robotics in the budget while cutting manned spaceflight altogether.