Someday China will send astronauts to the Moon, even though it has no timetable for doing so, predicts the head of the country’s space agency. Four weeks after officials formally denied press reports that China planned a manned lunar mission by 2020, the national space administration head, Sun Laiyan, says the Moon program includes only unmanned spacecraft. “But I believe one day China will for sure send its own astronauts to land on the Moon,” he adds. “I hope I can see it happen.”

Cessna Aircraft Co. is extending its production line from Wichita, Kan., to China, and expanding its single-engine line with the acquisition of Columbia Aircraft.

Australia’s new Labor government is likely to join Japan in seeking to overturn the U.S. ban on exporting the F-22 Raptor, although Canberra is far from deciding it wants to buy the Lockheed Martin stealth fighter. The government of incoming Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who won a landslide Nov. 24 election victory, is showing a commitment to the armed forces at least as strong as its predecessor’s, with a defense policy that calls for greater readiness for the Australian Defense Force (ADF), not cutbacks.