{"id":392915,"date":"2019-01-15T14:37:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T13:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/space-exploration-lewrockwell\/"},"modified":"2019-01-15T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T13:37:50","slug":"space-exploration-lewrockwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/space-exploration-lewrockwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Exploration – LewRockwell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back in 2013, China became the third nation\u2014after the United States and the Soviet Union\u2014to land a rover on the moon. But earlier this month, China did something that no nation has ever done: land a rover on the unexplored dark side of the moon.<\/p>\n

The touchdown of the Chinese lunar exploration craft has \u201copened up a new chapter in human lunar exploration,\u201d said officials<\/a> from the China National Space Administration. China is spending billions on its space program. There is even talk of a Chinese-crewed space station and a Chinese astronaut being sent to the moon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho cares?\u201d is the question<\/a> I recently asked.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t care, but evidently, some people do, as this response to my blog post demonstrates:
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Once again, you\u2019re showing a blind hostility to anyone exploring the Cosmos. There\u2019s plenty of space out there for everyone-NASA, the European Space Agency, JAXA (Japan), the Russians-if they can get their act back together, the Chinese, and even the private sector (Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, even Space X). The only reason I\u2019m upset about the Chinese mission is that it should have been a NASA one. Luddites like you fit in this saying that space buffs are fond of: \u201cThe meek can have the Earth: The rest of us are going to the stars.\u201d You can stay here if you like\u2026..<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For the record: I am not hostile to anyone exploring the Cosmos, the Galaxy, planets, or the far reaches of space. I do think there\u2019s plenty of space for everyone that wants to go. I disagree that the Chinese mission should have been a NASA mission. And I am no Luddite, although I confess a fondness for…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Back in 2013, China became the third nation\u2014after the United States and the Soviet Union\u2014to land a rover on the moon. But earlier this month, China did something that no nation has ever done: land a rover on the unexplored dark side of the moon. The touchdown of the Chinese lunar exploration craft has \u201copened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-392915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}