India and China in Space Race to Moon.


	India and China in Space Race to Moon.

BitDrifter

5-30-2007 11:12 PM

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moon, space, race, china, india, business, technology, innovation

BitDrifter says:

Competition of this sort always has some wonderful side-effects. I'm rooting for India.

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6-1-2007 6:37 AM

thefoxalmighty

Me tooo

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