[FPSPACE] The benefits of a space race

[David M Harland]

At 17:27 -0400 26/4/04, DwayneDay wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: simon <simon at spacedaily.com>
>
>>Are you seriously suggesting that China is going to stop building up its
>military machine so it can go to the moon. I think China has other plans -
>like building the world's second's biggest military force and going to the
>moon anyway. To suggest that China can be turned back from pursuing it's
>goal of being the next super power if not hyper power is just plain wishful
>thinking.
>
>
>I never said "stop."  It's a strategy to divert their finite monies 
>to less threatening pursuits.  Not all, but some.  Human spaceflight 
>is a very efficient way to spend large amounts of money.
>

Ah, but do you reckon that they'll be taken in by this ruse, now that 
you have revealed the game plan!?

dmh

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