with or without NASA China's going to walk on the Moon !!


	with or without NASA China's going to walk on the Moon !!

syncopath

9-24-2008 6:59 PM

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syncopath says:

Zhang, a long-time advocate for closer space ties with the ESA and NASA, acknowledged there are "many political and social differences still dividing us that would have to be overcome" before wider cooperation with the United States could occur.

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9-25-2008 1:35 PM

darkduskx

Kind of hard to communicate well when freedom of speech is not so popular

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