02/16/2011
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"What is the value to the United States that we get back to the Moon first?"
"I think you are seeing statements being made by the Chinese Government that they don't want to wait around until the 2030s to land on the Moon with humans."
"I think you are going to see a very aggressive China."
"Absolutely. I go back in my history, I have already recounted for the subcommittee that the first real breakthrough on astronauts in diversifying was the class of 1978."