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"Germany recently announced that they possibly, maybe, might launch a robotic spacecraft to the Moon. That now brings to six the number of countries with spacecraft at the Moon in development to go to the Moon... The others are: China, Japan, India, the United States, and the Russians.

<em>Just what the heck is going on?</em>

The lay press.. have reached for explanations, and in the process produced several erroneous theories based upon poor understanding both of what is currently happening... These Moon Myths include:
<ul>
	<li>These countries are involved in a “space race” to the Moon.</li>
	<li>China, Japan, and India are engaged in an “Asian space race.”</li>
	<li>The scientific community is newly interested in the Moon and driving these efforts.</li>
	<li>There must be something on the Moon that all these countries want—helium-3, other resources, or extraterrestrials.</li>
	<li>These robotic missions are precursors to something bigger, such as human missions."</li>
</ul>
Full article at <a href="http://www.thespacereview.com/article/999/1" target="_blank">The Space Review</a>.