[President_Elect_Shang]

A race for the moon, I seriously doubt it. I don’t think that the government or NASA will be changing their focus from Mars anytime soon. They are more likely to just sit back and say “Been there, got the shirt”. As for the Chinese I say go ahead and land baby. Since about 18% of the export trade is to the US and only about 2% import for them is from us this venture could lead to an increase in trade (technology wise) and it would tie our two countries together more. Since China has had around an 8% growth in its economy for some time it will only be a matter of decades before it assumes the place of the next world super power. My point to all of this is that with a link made from trade it could avoid the next Cold War. Having lived through and served in the armed forces during one I am in no rush to live out, or have my children live through another one.