...that as the wheels of the rover leave the lander it effortlessly cuts right through the first three inches of lunar surface regolith and reveals the hard rocky under-surface. That moon is like one big dust bowl waiting to gum up machinery and one is reminded why it's not human friendly.

I applaud the Chinese for their accomplishment. It's a shame they only really want to use the moon the way we wanted to back in 58 - as a giant spy satellite and potential missile launching base.

At least all America's Walmart purchases have indirectly bought some sort of lunar mission. And knowing the Chinese, they will follow through with their plans to turn the moon into a strategic base.

Meanwhile, NASA is busy doing ethnic outreach. It just goes to show you that Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein and all the rest never quite predicted the future US dystopia right. It was hard to imagine the future generations would become less motivated, intelligent or scientific. None of them quite ever predicted a complete cultural regression.

Score one for the Reds.