Beijing can see my furry batch. I’m proud I don’t shave. They can also read my sad text that I am struggling with losing weight. I’m sure Pooh bear will be riveted with that thrilling journey. 
he3 maybe for fusion but that would require some long term planning that the west would never do and it’s not concentrated anywhere it’s trapped in crystals mostly on the far side
concentrations of water ice for rocket fuel. there’s also a few primo spots in craters that would allow nearly 24/7 solar power and also have water ice in shadows under the regolith
i could see china planning for space industrialization way down the line and the U.S. haphazardly chasing behind them throwing dumb money and elon at it
No, I get that. But it’s not anything they could realistically mine now, nor is it anything we don’t know is there too. They’re just going there to say, “hey we’re in the moon!” I say, good for them. So, what is the realistic point of landing a lunar lander there? Is it just a publicity stunt? Are they just trolling us? And what is the usefulness of that?
I guess it’s just a propaganda stunt, and I guess I understand that from a Chinese perspective. 
Depend for whom. For US it’s a dick measuring contest. The fact they stopped back then and then proceeded to forgot the rocket science is a clear indicator of it.
For China, country that can plan for decades ahead, it’s logical scientific endeavour - Moon is the closest stellar body and its exploration, even if completely worthless otherwise, is very important step in developing space technology. And as they said they aren’t racing, since USA motives are so clearly not even competing in the same meaning.
OK, I didn’t make my comment absent of thinking what you just explained, and I get that China thinks this and that the US is being gamed into thinking this, too, but again I ask what is the realistic end game of this? Is it all political Brinksmanship? Because the realistic goal of this is kind of stupid. I mean you see this right?
This is silly. Isn’t it? Am I wrong with this? 
I’m not trying to waste your time here, and I’m just trying to figure out if this is more than just a bunch of dick waving.
I think you answered my question. Thank you for your time.
why? is something special there that we have to get to first?
I understand why we should go there, just not why being first matters so much. we’ve already been there, so, it’s not like it’s really the first time.
We left our phone up there and if we don’t go get it China will find it and read our embarrassing texts out loud at lunch
Beijing can see my furry batch. I’m proud I don’t shave. They can also read my sad text that I am struggling with losing weight. I’m sure Pooh bear will be riveted with that thrilling journey. 
he3 maybe for fusion but that would require some long term planning that the west would never do and it’s not concentrated anywhere it’s trapped in crystals mostly on the far side
concentrations of water ice for rocket fuel. there’s also a few primo spots in craters that would allow nearly 24/7 solar power and also have water ice in shadows under the regolith
i could see china planning for space industrialization way down the line and the U.S. haphazardly chasing behind them throwing dumb money and elon at it
No, I get that. But it’s not anything they could realistically mine now, nor is it anything we don’t know is there too. They’re just going there to say, “hey we’re in the moon!” I say, good for them. So, what is the realistic point of landing a lunar lander there? Is it just a publicity stunt? Are they just trolling us? And what is the usefulness of that?
I guess it’s just a propaganda stunt, and I guess I understand that from a Chinese perspective. 
It’s for shovelling public money into the hands of a few useless corporations, like everything the US does.
Depend for whom. For US it’s a dick measuring contest. The fact they stopped back then and then proceeded to forgot the rocket science is a clear indicator of it.
For China, country that can plan for decades ahead, it’s logical scientific endeavour - Moon is the closest stellar body and its exploration, even if completely worthless otherwise, is very important step in developing space technology. And as they said they aren’t racing, since USA motives are so clearly not even competing in the same meaning.
OK, I didn’t make my comment absent of thinking what you just explained, and I get that China thinks this and that the US is being gamed into thinking this, too, but again I ask what is the realistic end game of this? Is it all political Brinksmanship? Because the realistic goal of this is kind of stupid. I mean you see this right?
This is silly. Isn’t it? Am I wrong with this? 
I’m not trying to waste your time here, and I’m just trying to figure out if this is more than just a bunch of dick waving.
I think you answered my question. Thank you for your time.
probably not tbh. they dont even have the industry to get there anymore, fiscalisation destroyed efficient planning in the us, its all for profit now.