China: A New Space Race?

The BBC reports that the U.S., India, Japan, and Europe are all looking into the possibility of starting or restarting space programs.

China's launch of its second manned spacecraft, Shenzhou VI, has confirmed the country's place among the space elite.

But as China begins planning a lunar mission in 2007, and with the US and India declaring an interest in another Moon landing - and a manned flight to Mars - are we seeing the dawn of a new space race?