It’s not even close. China will build a base on the moon before the US builds a single mile of real high speed rail on Earth. Suicide nation.
slothboy on
The safe money is on China. They are less concerned about risk and will be more likely to charge forward.
Fatus_Assticus on
I don’t think it will be the USA government. Debt issues are catching up and social security and Medicare are about to add to that. Lots of head winds comingÂ
China or a private company will get some thing up there in the next 10 to 20 yearsÂ
KenDanger2 on
The USA is incompetently run, they have been actively cutting NASAs budget.
REF_YOU_SUCK on
Is this s a question or a comment.
IamGeoMan on
The US can’t even build affordable housing without having to provide tax breaks to corporate investors. Convince the ruling class of America there is money to made selling moon cheese and we’ll have cows on the moon before the turn of the century.
LilStrug on
First functional base? China
2Throwscrewsatit on
China. This is a clickbait posting.
br0b1wan on
China by far. We have the stupidest people in charge of the government and an even more stupid electorate
Owl-Of-The-Night02 on
If the US continues to lower the founding of scientific institutions amd especially NASA, then it’s China, not even close. Because, you know, the one to actually invest money is the one that will have achievements.
NorthernViews on
Everyone talks about China beating the U.S. to the moon again, tell me, have they even eclipsed SpaceX yet? I don’t hear anything about them actually being close to beating the US.
elPatronSuarez on
Whoever it is, the people building it are gonna be laborers from around the world.
Full_Breadfruit_5685 on
China. I believe they are far more ahead than anyone cares to admit.
If anyone thinks the United States can compete with China on long term goals like this at this point they have not been paying attention. This is the country that just woke up one day and decided to build 11x more High Speed Rail than the next highest country and actually did it. 46,000 km and counting in 20 years.
The USA can’t even muster up the political will to properly maintain its bridges, much less dominate in space if it’s truly a competition between the two.
Arba1ist on
The moon people refuse to pay US tariffs. So China has the upper hand.
Jindujun on
China. I have no faith what so ever in the people running the US.
Beneficial_Soup3699 on
China and that’s just math. The math being, they’re actually directly funding the programs and we’re not. Simple as that.
Novel_Negotiation224 on
China hasn’t gone to the Moon with humans yet.
hobhamwich on
What’s a base? Americans lived on the moon for two weeks during Apollo 17.
infinitynull on
China has been planning a long term permanent moon base for decades. The US thinks this is another short term space race to get there first.
China. Without question.
DrMcMuffinMD on
China without question since Trump will continue to make sure America falls behind in every conceivable way
Bowman_van_Oort on
Im gonna go for a big win on long odds and say Paraguay
Calactic1 on
The UK, once my space agency is up and running
BigBoyYuyuh on
China. America is eating glue at the moment.
yermommy on
Apologies if this is off topic but I wonder if prop betting sites will predict this accurately.
Goobygoodra on
China. US is too busy starting wars
heyhayyhay on
The question is, will anyone actually get to the moon and will it be in our lifetime. A base will certainly not happen in our lives.
mtngoatjoe on
I don’t know who will build the first base, but SpaceX will build the first city.
Once Starship is operational, it will open a floodgate of lunar missions. People just don’t understand the scale of what’s going to happen. Starship is MASSIVE. It will fly a LOT. It will be far cheaper than any other launch system.
I don’t know when Starship will be operational, but they are building TWO massive factories to crank them out on a scale never seen before in spaceflight.
jmos_81 on
Define a base? If you mean sustainable human presence, who knows. Probably a private company
StartledPelican on
I have to admit, I find it really impressive how astro-turfed the replies are.
China does not currently have hardware being tested for a moon base. All of their work is focused on a „flags and footprints“ mission with smaller landers/rockets that do not seem to be capable of anything more than Apollo has already done. While there is a plan for more capable hardware, that’s all it is right now – designs on „paper“.
The United States, on the other hand, has one lander capable of building/sustaining a lunar base already launching and doing hardware tests (Starship) and another near the same state (Blue Moon Mk.2).
Jeffoxy on
are these all bot posts? lmao
Robdon326 on
China has been on the dark side of the moon for a decade,we have not
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It’s not even close. China will build a base on the moon before the US builds a single mile of real high speed rail on Earth. Suicide nation.
The safe money is on China. They are less concerned about risk and will be more likely to charge forward.
I don’t think it will be the USA government. Debt issues are catching up and social security and Medicare are about to add to that. Lots of head winds comingÂ
China or a private company will get some thing up there in the next 10 to 20 yearsÂ
The USA is incompetently run, they have been actively cutting NASAs budget.
Is this s a question or a comment.
The US can’t even build affordable housing without having to provide tax breaks to corporate investors. Convince the ruling class of America there is money to made selling moon cheese and we’ll have cows on the moon before the turn of the century.
First functional base? China
China. This is a clickbait posting.
China by far. We have the stupidest people in charge of the government and an even more stupid electorate
If the US continues to lower the founding of scientific institutions amd especially NASA, then it’s China, not even close. Because, you know, the one to actually invest money is the one that will have achievements.
Everyone talks about China beating the U.S. to the moon again, tell me, have they even eclipsed SpaceX yet? I don’t hear anything about them actually being close to beating the US.
Whoever it is, the people building it are gonna be laborers from around the world.
China. I believe they are far more ahead than anyone cares to admit.
China will, since there is no oil in the moon.
Sinceramente eu não sei se vamos sequer passar desse século quem dirá construir uma base na lua.
If anyone thinks the United States can compete with China on long term goals like this at this point they have not been paying attention. This is the country that just woke up one day and decided to build 11x more High Speed Rail than the next highest country and actually did it. 46,000 km and counting in 20 years.
The USA can’t even muster up the political will to properly maintain its bridges, much less dominate in space if it’s truly a competition between the two.
The moon people refuse to pay US tariffs. So China has the upper hand.
China. I have no faith what so ever in the people running the US.
China and that’s just math. The math being, they’re actually directly funding the programs and we’re not. Simple as that.
China hasn’t gone to the Moon with humans yet.
What’s a base? Americans lived on the moon for two weeks during Apollo 17.
China has been planning a long term permanent moon base for decades. The US thinks this is another short term space race to get there first.
China. Without question.
China without question since Trump will continue to make sure America falls behind in every conceivable way
Im gonna go for a big win on long odds and say Paraguay
The UK, once my space agency is up and running
China. America is eating glue at the moment.
Apologies if this is off topic but I wonder if prop betting sites will predict this accurately.
China. US is too busy starting wars
The question is, will anyone actually get to the moon and will it be in our lifetime. A base will certainly not happen in our lives.
I don’t know who will build the first base, but SpaceX will build the first city.
Once Starship is operational, it will open a floodgate of lunar missions. People just don’t understand the scale of what’s going to happen. Starship is MASSIVE. It will fly a LOT. It will be far cheaper than any other launch system.
I don’t know when Starship will be operational, but they are building TWO massive factories to crank them out on a scale never seen before in spaceflight.
Define a base? If you mean sustainable human presence, who knows. Probably a private company
I have to admit, I find it really impressive how astro-turfed the replies are.
China does not currently have hardware being tested for a moon base. All of their work is focused on a „flags and footprints“ mission with smaller landers/rockets that do not seem to be capable of anything more than Apollo has already done. While there is a plan for more capable hardware, that’s all it is right now – designs on „paper“.
The United States, on the other hand, has one lander capable of building/sustaining a lunar base already launching and doing hardware tests (Starship) and another near the same state (Blue Moon Mk.2).
are these all bot posts? lmao
China has been on the dark side of the moon for a decade,we have not