Comment by FlowingRiver
4 hours ago
I think the defining moment is that IF China gets man back to the moon before the US, that will be the moment when it becomes too hard to ignore. That is the new political high ground.
The Chang’e missions plan for this in 2030 and they have hit every target to date. While the US is currently targeting 2028, it isn't inconceivable that it can slip by two years.
I think that would just end in people who had nothing to do with Apollo (having been children or born after) claiming that it didn't matter because America had been there decades ago, rather than looking inwards and considering what it says to have lost the means to go back.
Problem is most will never agree on what it is that's changed causing the degradation and those causing it don't want us noticing...
When has the US ever hit a target? I mean, in recent memory anyway. 10 years of budget overruns are more likely.
but now the culture is differences, there is so many private space company that actually making it works
That could trigger another space race. Though I am not betting money on that one.
Who is spending money for prestige these days? It feels more like the powerful are hoarding for an apocalypse.
"Congratulations to China! They were the second nation to land on the Moon, just a few decades after the greatest nation in history landed there first, the United States of America.
We are not in a hurry now, because we already won that race many decades ago!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
President Donald J. TRUMP"