China reaching for the Moon - Time magazine has an article by Jeffrey Kluger summarizing China’s plans to put humans on the Moon. Titled “China’s Going to the Moon - And That’s Good for Everyone”, he makes an important point:
Someone’s got to carry the even higher banner of spacefaring homo sapiens — which is a broader category and a more primal affiliation than nation. We once chose to carry it for the world. Now we choose not to. So, er, go China — and here’s hoping we follow your lead.
