In the midst of headlines about beating back another attempt to pass amnesty, the news that the California fires are arsons, and the completely absurd picture of Laura Bush sitting next to a couple of black bags, it would be easy to miss this little tidbit
..China has launched its first lunar orbiter, on a planned year-long exploration mission to the Moon.
The satellite, named Chang’e 1, took off from the Xichang Centre in south-west China’s Sichuan province at 1800 local time (1000 GMT).Analysts say it is a key step towards China’s aim of putting a man on the Moon by 2020, in the latest stage of an Asian space race with Japan and India.
Anyone care to ask Hillary how many Chinese Army officers New York City dishwashers and corrupt American businessmen patriotic Democrat Party supporters it takes to make a Chinese cow jump over the moon?
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