Will China Beat the United States Back to the Moon? 482
MarkWhittington writes "During an address on the space economy to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the space age, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin made the assertion that China would beat the United States back to the Moon. 'Americans will not like it, but they will just have to not like it. I think we will see, as we have seen with China's introductory manned space flights so far, we will see again that nations look up to other nations that appear to be at the top of the technical pyramid, and they want to do deals with those nations. It's one of the things that made us the world's greatest economic power. So I think we'll be reinstructed in that lesson in the coming years and I hope that Americans will take that instruction positively and react to it by investing in those things that are the leading edge of what's possible."'"
Long shot... (Score:3, Funny)
BACK to the moon? (Score:2, Funny)
Damn conspiracy theorists.
They SHOULD... (Score:5, Funny)
Richard the Rocket Engine (Score:5, Funny)
There's one major difference... (Score:5, Funny)
They have an unfair advantage... (Score:3, Funny)
Let's just do this... (Score:2, Funny)
Send it back to the moon (Score:4, Funny)
Great. Now we have to worry about deadly moon microbes in the pet food and toys.
Re:Private space flight (Score:2, Funny)
We like the MOOOOON! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Richard the Rocket Engine (Score:5, Funny)
Sure but how will they handle the recall [cpsc.gov] when the Moon People find out there is lead in the red paint?
One thing for sure (Score:1, Funny)
Re:BACK to the moon? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:*back* to the moon? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Private space flight (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Big Deal (Score:3, Funny)
First we let the Chinese go there. They'll be bringing a lot of paint and they'll be painting the whole thing red.
When they're finished, we'll land some guys with a couple buckets of white paint. They'll write on the red moon "Coca Cola".