 This is a model of China's first lunar rover, which is currently on its way to the moon and is scheduled to land there on December 14th, when it will become the first man-made object to come to a controlled landing on the moon in 37 years. If all goes well, it's obviously good news for China's space program, but if Changi-3 is a success, it will also be good for America's space ambitions. America was at its best in space when it had competition. Kennedys Johnson's and Nixon's desires to beat the Soviets drove the Apollo program and the Pioneer and Voyager craft, which first ventured into the outer solar system. In the decades since, the lack of competition allowed NASA to become bloated and slow. Look at the catastrophic space shuttle program. Many American politicians are trying to slow down China's space program by a cumbersome export controls that attempt to limit the spread of American technologies. This is counterproductive. The better China does in space, the better the US will be forced to do. Let the second space race begin.