China lands unmanned rover on the moon

[Rev. Powell]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaQTSTrbT3w#t=167

[ER]

I was excited about China landing on the moon, and am all for space exploration no matter who does it, but I have been hearing reports of China's goal of militarizing space, including the lunar surface, which I think is terrible. Even the USSR pledged never to do that. I wish there was a collective space agency that was funded by all the nations, cooperatively. Think of what that just might accomplish...although now I think of it competition has often brought about the greatest amount of progress.

I hope China's achievement (and good for the Chinese, by the way) re-energizes the rest of the world to step up interest in getting human beings out among the stars, because over the last generation everyone's been slacking something terrible.

[Rev. Powell]

Hmm, not sure why the video got removed. Here's another:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOeCb3icIfo

I agree ER, I hope this will get NASA off its ass. I would have thought this would have been bigger news, I guess people just don't care about visiting the moon anymore.

[tracy]

If this pushes the world back into further expansion into space I'm thrilled. But please leave the politics and military out of it.

[zelmo73]

but I have been hearing reports of China's goal of militarizing space, including the lunar surface, which I think is terrible. Even the USSR pledged never to do that.

I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist it! 

[Umaril Has Returned]

Well, now we know where the next chain of Chang's Buffet and Grills will be located....