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Old 08-06-13, 11:04 AM   #15
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Not entirely surprising given how much out of all the money the US government collects actually goes to NASA.

Still, provided that it can actually get funding, here's what NASA has planned over the coming years:



A lot of emphasis is put on getting to the Moon again, and while it would be nice to do so, it's probably not as high a priority as the likes of Mars and further out in the system. Whilst it would be nice to have a refuelling station of some sort on the Moon, it would be rather akin to refuelling your car at the bottom of your drive before going to the next state/county.

But yes, China is certainly forging ahead and exploiting the gaps left by America, but Tarjak does raise a fundamental point that the Chinese house is built on sand, and they, as America did in the 1980s, may be writing cheques that their economy cannot cash.
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