China has built a simulated "Mars Base" in one of their deserts....

This simulated "Mars Base 1" may show you what life could be like on Mars in NW China's Gansu Province. Why not come to explore it pic.twitter.com/8dLkwAHhof

— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) April 20, 2019

Good God.

Many of you will say no big deal.  Many of you will say good, they're wasting money.

What do I see?

A nation with the drive to do the hard thing.  To reach out into space and to lead the world getting there.

We had that drive during the 50's and early part of the 60's.

We got sidetracked, lost our national drive and haven't been able to rekindle that fire.

China has that drive.

We better get it back or they'll not only be drinking our milkshake but also drinking the Chinese version of Tang from Martian Orbit...