News From Space!

Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, has issued a stark warning that America must invest now in the space agency Nasa, or surrender leadership of space exploration to Russia and China.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2211940/Buzz-Aldrin-Invest-in-Nasa-to-beat-the-Chinese-to-Mars.html

Russia and China have proposed a new treaty to ban the use of weapons in space, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday, amid concerns of growing anti-satellite missile rivalry.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080212152128.8rnfh1q4&show_article=1

Two orbiting U.S. spacecraft were forced to change course to avoid being damaged by the thousands of pieces of space debris produced after China carried out an anti-satellite weapon test one year ago today.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080111/NATION/444629685/1001

China Reports Fourteen Potential Astronauts In Training For Three Seats.

China’s anti-satellite and space warfare program includes plans to destroy or incapacitate ‘every enemy space vehicle’ that passes over China.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2007/ea_china_11_29.asp

Chinese state media reported on 22 September that a new space launch center is planned to be built in the southern Hainan Province. 

http://www.sinodefence.com/news/2007/news07-09-22.asp

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  —  The Soviets beat the United States at getting a satellite, and a man, into space. Now, the Chinese may get to the moon before the U.S. can make a return visit.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,299514,00.html

China and India are both planning to launch moon shots within a year in the latest sign of the two Asian powerhouses’ intensifying rivalry and growing technological prowess.