Moon Harvest

The Chinese space agency has just released photos of the Moon's surface taken by its Chang'e 1 lunar probe. The probe is part of an ambitious Chinese program of lunar exploration. These guys aren't fooling around. Neither are the Japanese.

As a space buff, I'm kind of pleased about the prospect of a new space race developing, especially since this one is much more wide-open, and all the players seem to be interested in developing the infrastructure for long-term, large-scale operations.

Welcome to the Space Age.