While the West beggers its citizens with "austerity", China has other plans

[99th_Monkey]

China prepares to grow vegetables on Mars
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-prepares-grow-vegetables-mars-050303251.html

Oh noes!!! Now we are losing the space race to the Commies!!!

[lunasun]

1. yes commies and min. 3 communist = a branch ??

China's first astronaut Yang Liwei said last month that Chinese astronauts may start a branch of China's ruling Communist Party in space, state media reported.

"If we establish a party branch in space, it would also be the 'highest' of its kind in the world," Xinhua quoted Yang as saying.

only need 3 astronauts I think.... ....then it is official

[99th_Monkey]

2. In China, 3's a branch, while in USA 3s a crowd. Whatever.

That is trippy tho about creating an actual branch of the party
that extends into space. We'd better get tootin' on the space
race.

Or did we concede that race. Maybe so. I was hearing for awhile
tid-bits of nooz about the "end of NASA" and privatizing the space
program. Maybe the USA doesn't even have a real program
anymore.

Also the famous "moon rocks" have apparently disappeared **poof**

highly suspicious.

[lunasun]

3. yeah I kinda think that it is over here imo -unless there is immediate profit in it then the

corporates will be on it like the speed of light