[John Locke]

Between 1405 and 1433 Ming China sent seven overseas missions under Admiral Cheng Ho. The project was then scrapped by the Imperial government, and China lost - perhaps forever - her chance to be a world power.

Between 1969 and 1972 the USA sent six missions to the moon. Then the project ws scrapped, and the rest is - or will be - history.

"Where there is no vision, the people perish" [Proverbs xxix:18] as I'm sure all good Freepers know.

[Nowhere Man]

BTW, there is a book out there called “1421” where it claim the Chinese came to Western America in that year. I don’t know how true it is but I am of the belief that from ancient times to before Columbus, Man has gotten around more than we think or have been taught. If you add the Kennewick Man into the mix, we find out that perhaps “Whitey” got around much more than we thought.