Bang, Zoom

Here's hoping this is the beginning of another space race. China launched its lunar probe today--the first step in a planned 10-year mission to culminate with sending and returning a rover from the surface of the moon. While NASA is working on its own lunar program, their funding is limited and national interest seems to be low. If it takes a little patriotic yammering about beating the Reds, I'm willing to suffer some jingoism in exchange for a viable space program. More details here.