[Cincinatus' Wife]

When the Chinese military start to issue ultimatums in the not to distant future what side will American corporations, with their assets on Chinese soil, be on?

The United States should work on joint space projects with China, which is preparing to send its first person into space, the China chief of U.S. aerospace company Boeing said.

[Noachian]

The United States should work on joint space projects with China, which is preparing to send its first person into space, the China chief of U.S. aerospace company Boeing said.

I'm of two minds on this subject. Either we have pie-in-the-sky liberals running our space program without any regard for national security, or we've people in the Pentagon who want to get close to Chinese technology. Or, perhaps we have both.

In either case the Chinese come out ahead because they will have space flight and the ability to put warheads in space in short order. Our military may get to know some of their technology, but that won't stop the Chinese, and nothing will stop the dreamers who will only wake up when the Chinese start making ultimatums. By then, of course, it'll be too late.