You've got a couple problems there. One, we're all doing our damnedest to have China as a trade partner, not as our adversary in a new Cold War. Two, we've already been to the moon and China is just now starting to talk about it. Shall we "race" them again and thereby demonstrate to the entire world that the United States is now playing "catchup" with itself? It's a little cart-before-the-horse, don't you think? "I want to go to the moon, therefore I will instigate an expensive and divisive campaign to demonize the most populous nation on earth." Might be easier to just cheer the other team: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Progr... >I never considered that he was pandering specifically to FL. Thanks for that. http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-01-29/news/30676990_1_m...