China Is Winning the Space Race

[Onkel Neal]

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...pisrc=obinsite

Don't laugh. In less than a decade, Beijing will likely be the world's most important player in outer space.

China now has what the United States lacks: a reliable manned spacecraft. The United States finds itself in the preposterous situation of depending on Russia to transport personnel and much of the cargo to and from the ISS. Underfunding and poor planning means that the same nation that once landed men on the Moon can no longer launch anyone into orbit.

China, soon to be the world's economic leader as well as the number one in space.