China to survey 'every inch' of moon

China Daily ^ | 8/10/07

[toddlintown]

“Well Russia just claimed the north poll.”

I didn’t realize they had voting booths up there.

[Frank_2001]

If their spacecraft are built anything like their cars, they never will....

[varyouga]

Is ‘every inch’ of the Earth even surveyed?

[healy61]

After reading this exceptionally written article, I have a hunch China is going to map every inch of the moon. sarc/

[Diplomat]

Did you zoom the google map all the way to maximum resolution? Try it.

[RightWhale]

We had 40 years on all of them. Now it’s a race and we’re not in it.

[RightWhale]

China will claim the moon

Parts of it. They will dump the Treaty at the same time.

[steelyourfaith]

They have to get there first.

The ChiComs are given to spewing hyperbole, poisonous toothpaste and deadly dog food. Otherwise they are crap.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

yes - The US and the chicom's have been flinging a lot poo at each other of late - I agree with you - all show and one up man ship.

Don't underestimate them though, they may be able to steal enough technology to make up for what they can't import to be dangerous some day.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

“If their spacecraft are built anything like their cars, they never will....”

I have to smile at that thought :)

[terycarl]

they don’t have to steal much at all....the clintonistas provided them with guidance technology as well as stageing technology....they can now make ICBM’s which they couldn’t do before!!!

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

An excellent point - How I do remember.

[martin_fierro]

Yup. < |:)~

[festus]

We already planted our flag :-)

[bert]

You think we have a problem with academic grants, imagine China.

They will employ 10,000 surveyers and grad students to survey and record the details of every single square inch of the moon.

[tet68]

We already planted our flag :-)

THAT was on Mars!
S.J.Lee

[festus]

Or was it New Mexico or maybe Hollywood Studio 7 ?

;-)

[ken21]

how come chinese nationalism is ok,

but american nationalism

is not ok?

[Zhang Fei]

The bureaucrats who staff China’s version of NASA aren’t stupid. They’ve learned that to get big investments, they’ve got to promise the moon. Just wait till the Chinese government spends $50b and gets to where we are today - 30 years later. I sure hope they go down that rabbit hole. Better that they throw their money away on moon-related research than allocate it to new and improved weaponry.

[kevin_in_so_cal]

>The US and the chicom's have been flinging a lot poo at each other of late...

Yes, they have. This one is easy to see through. If it was not meant to be pointed at the Americans, they wouldn't have used the imperial system to define their intentions. "China to survey every inch" is a very peculiar thing for a Chinese person to say.