Will China Help the U.S. Promote Better Science Education?

Will China Help the U.S. Promote Better Science  Education?

This is part II of China's launching the second rocket that will result in their building a brand spanking new space station.

In the 1950's Russia sent up their first man made rocket to land on the moon beating the U.S. to be the first in  a race to colonize and control the moon.  At that time little was known, but much supposed about the physics possibilities of colonizing space with animals and plants from earth.  The moon, looked like a great place to start.  When Russia managed to do what the U.S. had not, land something on the moon, underlying fear was that the first to colonize the moon would control the earth.  Looked as if the Russians might just do that.

In 1969, the U.S. saved face and landed the first man on the moon who bounced around in a very different gravitational environment.  Lots didn't happen.  We or no other country decided to inhabit the moon.  Instead we partnered with the Russian's to create an International Space Station.  Now we are in the process of abandoning it.

And, guess what?  China has now decided to build a brand spanking new space station using all the technology and knowledge we have been gathering for years.  It is better to be second than to be the first.  You can build and the first hand knowledge and experiences from others, almost always coming out with a better project.

But lots of things did happen as a result of the U.S. creating a national emergency millions and millions of dollars were added to the annual budget of the then  tiny little agency the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was founded,  the Internet was fostered so no one could blow up our communication, and absolutely millions of dollars were spend to create a pipeline to create more scientists, engineers and technology. 

So, is this going to happen again as China settles into its new space station and has the ability to crash satellites together from their living rooms? 

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