God, please let this be the seeds of a new space race.

Earlier last week, the Chinese put two men in space. Check it out, or some of it at least and then read on.



While that's a great step for the Chinese, I have to say as an American, it was creepy. There it was- two men in EVA suits that look suspiciously like knock offs of our's and waving their crimson flags in the inky void.

At this rate China is probably 5-7 years from a manned lunar landing if they get their game on, which it appears they are doing.

WHEN they land, they have already stated their intention is to establish a manned base. Know what that means for us? They, not the USA, are going to get the "pick of the litter" in real estate. We're going to get to choose second, or later. Nobody says they'll stop at just one base. To say it another way, if there so happens to be any really choice place to be on the moon...they'll get it before we do.

Not to mention there's craploads of unrefined ore on the moon just waiting to be mined such as insane amounts of iron, olivine, pyroxine, plagioclase, various basalts, magnesium, aluminum, silicas, oh and let's not forget Helium3.

Helium3 is exceedingly rare on Earth and it's the proposed fuel source for second generation Nuclear Fusion research over Tritium which isn't as efficient. Many people suspect the next 'oil boom' will be on the moon to mine Helium3.

So what happens if the Chinese, a nation who's very interestd in becoming the next Superpower, puts a permanant, manned station on the moon? They could achieve a signifigant leap ahead economically by having a terrestrial body the diameter of Asia all to themselves.

I really hope that in the coming years, the US government gets it's thumb out of it's ass and starts giving NASA the proper funding they require so that their very talented scientists can create some amazing technologies that will trickle down to the private sector.

Imagine a future where a lot of Terrestrial mining here on Earth for common base ores cease because it's more numerous on the Moon? The Moon is a dead world, you can't fuck up it's envrionment because it has none and we can help improve the state of the environment here on Earth, our only home.

I really hope China is on the cusp of setting off another space race because there's nothing like a fire under your ass to spur innovation.