China joins the former USSR and the United States in being only the third nation to launch a man into orbit around the Earth.
I've always thought that if we pull back from exploring and developing Space, someone, sometime, will do it instead. Perhaps, if we don't do it, in a century, our grandchildren will have to get our passport stamped by the Chinese (or Japanese, ESA, or whoever seriously goes into Space and makes it worthwhile) to visit a space station. Hopefully you won't have to learn Mandarin, too. Brrrr.
The world of Firestar and its sequels seems more and more unlikely. But someone has to develop Space, right? Right? I refuse to believe the human race (barring an extinction event for H. Sapiens) will turn its back on Space forever.
Posted by Jvstin at October 15, 2003 1:33 PM