China's Space Calendar

From an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies:

• 2005, October: Two Chinese astronauts orbited Earth for five days
• 2007: China's robot flyby of the moon
• 2012: China's unmanned lunar soft landing
• ISS: interest in participation
• 2015: China, manned space lab orbiting earth
• 2017: Chinese robot to return moon samples to Earth
• China's space budget: $500 million
• NASA's annual budget: $16.6 billion
• 0: cooperation with the United States

European Space Agency. They have their eyes on Mars.