China plans to put man on the moon: On Thursday, Beijing announced that it plans to put an astronaut on the moon, which marks the first official confirmation of its lunar mission. Although the mission is still some time off—slated for sometime around 2020—the statement underscores China’s soaring ambitions and its quest to project more power. The announcement also arrives only five months after the U.S. retired its space shuttle program, leaving America with no manned spacecraft for many years. Former U.S. President George W. Bush proposed sending astronauts back to the moon, but now the U.S. is not even able to send people into space. China’s space program is rapidly rising as nasa trudges through a long period of inactivity and transition.
Credit: the week in review/trumpet.com
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