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Who will be the first to put a human on the Moon in this century?
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serendipity, n.:
The process by which human knowledge is advanced.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by PiMuNu on Friday June 14 2019, @11:22AM (1 child)
Hope the comment wasn't taken as a criticism - it wasn't intended to be one.
I just thought it was interesting that China is seen as such a strong contender. I am interested by the comparison between Britain at the turn of the 19th-20th century and US at the turn of the 20th-21st century; there seemed to be a similar "empire is doomed and Germany is rising" sort of attitude in Britain 100 years ago which, it seems to me, became a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. Britain seems to have just sort of wandered into WW1 with lots of hand wringing and worrying but no actual plan, either military or political, tactical or strategic. Let's hope US does not follow suit.
So as I say, it is interesting to see the poll results, and I don't know whether the result is technological or sociological.
(Score: 2) by martyb on Friday June 14 2019, @03:35PM
No offense taken. I appreciate your providing me a way to voice something that had come to me, later, and the fact that you were wondering about it suggested to me that you might not be the only one... so why not set the record straight?
That is an interesting analogy to the history of England and Germany... nicely expressed!
Wit is intellect, dancing.