GAH, why does Hacker News cut off replies at certain points?<p>This is a response to the child of this post talking about Chinese moon missions:<p>My thoughts will entirely depend on just what space development we have done in the intervening years.  If some company is beginning an asteroid surveying mission or there is an orbital construction platform, I'm not going to give two damns about what the Chinese are doing with flags.  Good for them!<p>If we are going to spend money on space we should stop thinking in terms of spectacle.