China man on the moon soon

China wants to have a man or men on the moon before 2030. And the US plans to have astronauts walking the surface of the moon in 2025. Heyho, it's the space race all over again. Back in the day it was the Soviets and the Americans trying to outdo each other, with the Soviets taking first bite with their Sputnik satellite that took everyone by surprise. Now it's all US versus China. There are people, like Elan Musk and Richard Branson, who have a fervent belief that one day the moon will become an alternative planet for the human race. And then later, on Mars. But I just don't see it. Giving up one's Victorian semi with roses round the front door for a glorified tent on the freezing moon somehow doesn't appeal. It would be like buying a holiday home in South Georgia. But when you are a superpower you have to think big and big means space. Space is already the new war domain and I guess it's not inconceivable that another planet could be colonised one of these days. But they won't get the average human desperate to join the queue. It's not as if life on the moon or Mars would be war-free. With the Americans and Chinese battling for the same territory up there, there is almost bound to be a war at some point. Better to stay down here and tend your roses.