Re: OT: Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour, both ready to launch

On Mon, 11 May 2009 05:56:59 -0700 (PDT), MooseFET
<kensmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


China is working on putting a man on the moon. I think it is a case
of "We are doing it because they are. They are doing it because we
did." It is all about pride and ego. NASA isn't likely to put a
human onto Mars any time soon so repeating the moon trick will have to
do.

Yeah, but one hour after the Chinese put a man on the moon, they'll
want to do it over again.
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