"On December 29, China released a white paper outlining its near-future goals in space. Writing for Investor's Business Daily, Andrew Malcolm notes that these plans include China's own space station (already partially assembled in Earth orbit) and manned lunar landings by the end of the decade. Meanwhile, President Obama has scuttled his predecessor's project to establish a manned scientific outpost on the Moon; as America's space program withers, China's thrives.
Humanity's historical record indicates that a manned landing on Mars is inevitable, regardless of the risks and costs involved -- and should the Chinese nation commit itself to such a project, the first flag unfurled by a human being on the Red Planet could indeed itself be red."
[American Thinker]
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