I didn't see enough "off topics" on this board today so...
And if I remember these can get really interesting.
As I heard... the Chineese are planning on sending a manned mission to the Moon in 2008-2009. Do you people think this might spark another space race and get us back on the right track again
? Too bad the Russians gave up on their manned Moon mission... their rocket was sure a pretty thing to see
I'm asking myself this because when the Chineese launched their first human into orbit, some American news channels were quick to point out that China might militarize space and that "we" should get ready for it. (Of course us Europeans took a less paranoid stance but... thats not the point here
Of course there are strong trade relations between China and the US that were just not present between them and the Soviet Union (ahhh the good old days
so the conditions are different... but still. Do you people think we'll se another race-for-space developing in the next few years or decades?
Sure would be cool though