When your head is in the sand, you can't see what's happening in the sky

Ever since President Obama unilaterally took America out of manned space exploration (leaving it to a private sector ill-equipped to compete with the government-sponsored programs of other nations), many of us have been waiting with a sense of foreboding for the moment a few years from now when the Chinese flag will be raised on the moon, and we will be years away from being able to return there ourselves. The blow to both our prestige and our national self-image will be devastating- and it will be left to China to exploit the rich deposits of helium-3 and other resources on our nearest celestial neighbor.

And already China is developing the capacity to wage war against us in space. One hopes that the Obama administration notices.

HT: Drudge