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Moon Over China
In an interesting article regarding China’s movement toward establishing a manned moon-base, I read a most interesting paragraph. For a few moments it distracted me from the focus of the article in which Robert Bigelow (Bigelow Aerospace) bemoans the possibility that China will colonize the moon while the United States conserves its monetary resources. His main thrust is that they will then be able to mine the minerals and claim the territory as a part of China. Of course, I saw the “paragraph” in a wholely different light – In a nation distracted by latest celebrity sex scandal and other general non-issues, where the political landscape is more often as…