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The U.S. Needs A Space Race With China

China plans to launch 15 rockets, 17 satellites and a crewed spaceship during 2008. But that's not going to be enough to scare the United States into launching a new space race. And the U.S. really, really needs a new space race to get us to take space exploration seriously again. More »

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9:00 AM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By charliejane
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Nationalist Robots Swarm To Conquer Space

There are more robot space probes now than any other time in history, says MSNBC. Blame the new space race: Europe, Japan, China, India, Canada and South Korea have all launched probes, or will soon. A gallery of this international flotilla, after the jump. More »

7:45 AM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By charliejane
138 views, 1 comment