Asian Space Race Continues

A month after Japan's lunar probe settled into orbit, China's rival Chang'e 1 satellite has also reached the moon. No one involved wants to call it an Asian space race, but what else could it possibly be? With India set to launch their own lunar probe next Spring, the competition's only going to become more heated. Is it too early to predict a winner? Maybe. But my money's definitely not on Japan. It just can't compete with China's or India's wage-less, prepubescent, and/or mentally disabled labor force. With workers like that, either one of those countries will have a base on Mars within the decade. Of course, it may be constructed entirely of deadly lead. More details here.