To the Moon, Mao. To the Moon...

Yay, China's going to the moon!

How god damn sad is that? We can barely get our asses into orbit and China is planning a fucking moon mission.

What is this, Bizarro World?

Well, jokes on them, really. The US could lay a legal claim to moon through the Writ of Discovery, the ancient (is 600 years ancient yet?) law that lets the first visitors to a land claim it as their own. It was internationally recognized and never officially done away with (sort of became moot when we'd been everywhere). The several US flags stand on the moon, technically fulfilling the requirements of the writ.

So really, if China goes to the moon, it'd almost be like they were invading the US.

Anyway, read more about it here.