Rattle wrote:
] I hope all the players in the space game truly do believe that
] this is a "humanity" thing, and not a "country" thing. If we
] do not enbrace that belief, we will be doing ourselves a great
] disservice.

Hrm... Space flight affords delivery of ICBMs. Manned space flight affords advanced surveillance capability.

RE: China firm on its first manned space flight : HindustanTimes.com