Comments on: Will China Beat Japan To The Moon? http://www.thechinaexpat.com/will-china-beat-japan-to-the-moon/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Jaded Horse http://www.thechinaexpat.com/will-china-beat-japan-to-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-2800 Jaded Horse Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:56:27 +0000 http://www.thechinaexpat.com/will-china-beat-japan-to-the-moon/#comment-2800 “Lunar exploration reflects a country’s comprehensive national power”... It will “raise our international prestige and strengthen the cohesion of our people.” Power, prestige and cohesion. In other words, an inferiority complex, vanity (inequality) and social discord are the issues to be addressed. Great, good luck with all of that. Hope the moon fulfills all your deepest desires, that is, those few desires left unfulfilled by Olympic gold. I wonder what Star Trek would have looked like if it had been made in China. “Lunar exploration reflects a country’s comprehensive national power”…

It will “raise our international prestige and strengthen the cohesion of our people.”

Power, prestige and cohesion.

In other words, an inferiority complex, vanity (inequality) and social discord are the issues to be addressed.

Great, good luck with all of that. Hope the moon fulfills all your deepest desires, that is, those few desires left unfulfilled by Olympic gold.

I wonder what Star Trek would have looked like if it had been made in China.

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