Stephan_Larose

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:38:42 +0800

I think China should definitely be congratulated for its achievement, but why is any country spending money on space programs, they are of absolutely no benefit. Meanwhile, on Earth, we have famine, overpopulation, disease, financial crisis, mass-extinctions, water shortages, pollution, war, climate change, poverty and terrorism to deal with. The billions we spend on, frankly, entirely useless space programs that yield zero material benefits for humankind, should all be shelved until we address the problems listed above. Even more so for the 1 trillion $US the world spends on military/arms every year. We could irrigate every village, eradicate all disease, eliminate hunger and overhaul our civilization's energy/waste systems entirely with money like that. Of course, its harder for mega-rich people to distract the masses from the fact that they corrupt the world for their benefit without a bunch of useless wars, xenophobia and "advances" in space so...

nanheyangrouchuan

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:22:01 +0800

While the PRC continues to draw in humanitarian welfare/grants, etc from the UN and developed countries.

Buck Rogerz

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:32:47 +0800

There was some big space news today... China plans space station with module launch in 2010 http://tinyurl.com/amtagb China To Dock Two Spacecrafts By 2011 http://tinyurl.com/bwx9sz

Shanghaiist: Today's Links: MySpace leaving China, Chang'e crash lands (safely), and reactionary ringtones

Stephan_Larose

nanheyangrouchuan

Buck Rogerz