21st Century Space Race

Sunday, October 5, 2008 around 6 pm mountain time

National Geographic News on the launch of China’s Shenzhou VII rocket — China’s third manned space mission — two weeks ago:

“We intend to send astronauts to the moon and ultimately to build a lunar outpost,” said Zhang Qingwei, who was until recently a leader of China’s manned space program.

Zhang now heads a new corporation that aims to become the Chinese equivalent of Boeing or Airbus.

We have to get there first.

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