China's burgeoning space program plans to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand the country's orbiting space station, officials said Monday.
China will beat the USA back to the moon, but 2030 is a little ambitious.
I think there's another angle here to consider too.
The owner of the first moon base is a deeply powerful strategic position to be in if the move into further space activity is truly genuine, especially if the capitalists are intent on doing it through private companies.
Once one base is there, they won't build a new one they are much more likely to try and make deals to use China's facilities or to make additional wings to those facilities run by themselves. China can get a lot out of that, especially if various companies come to rely on it as a staging post for further operations.
I think there's another angle here to consider too.
The owner of the first moon base is a deeply powerful strategic position to be in if the move into further space activity is truly genuine, especially if the capitalists are intent on doing it through private companies.
Once one base is there, they won't build a new one they are much more likely to try and make deals to use China's facilities or to make additional wings to those facilities run by themselves. China can get a lot out of that, especially if various companies come to rely on it as a staging post for further operations.
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