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From the NYT article [0] on the topic: "We Chinese people have done something that the Americans have not dared try.” -- someone associated with the Chinese spa
by golfer 8y ago
From the NYT article [0] on the topic:
"We Chinese people have done something that the Americans have not dared try.” -- someone associated with the Chinese space agency
Why so insecure? Not a good look.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/world/asia/china-change-4-moon.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/world/asia/china-change-4...
- datumy 8y agoIt sounds like a flamebait from NYT. I would not bite.
- colordrops 8y agoAgreed. This professor didn't even work on the mission.
- seppin 8y agoWelcome to any discussion about China.
- XorNot 8y agoI'm pretty happy if China wants to throw shade at the US over space program accomplishments. I'd prefer a measuring contest over space accomplishments then building more earth-bound weapons systems.
- joejerryronnie 8y agoAnd how long before the space program accomplishments start looking just a little like space-based weapons systems. I’m sure Chinese military leadership can extrapolate as well as the Pentagon can.
- ageofwant 8y agoAs soon as possible. Man being man, we only seem to be able to accomplish things under threat of violence.
- pugworthy 8y agoMilitary interest in the moon goes back quite a ways. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunex_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunex_Project for example, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Horizon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Horizon
- Rapzid 8y agoNo need to choose, you'll get both!
- Simon_says 8y agoWhat's the point of a measuring contest followed by building more weapons?
- dis-sys 8y agothis stupid comment is from a professor from Macau who is not even a part of the team. if NYT cares to spend more time, surely it can find even more extreme views from 1.4 billion average Chinese. the question is how that is newsworthy. sad for those people who read such NYT junk on daily basis.
- jaimex2 8y agoWeird comment given Space X is about to start moon orbit tourism trips.
- isostatic 8y agoYes, at the end of 2018 https://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year https://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately...
- jaimex2 8y ago2023 is the launch date. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DearMoon_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DearMoon_project
- isostatic 8y agoNow. 3 years ago the launch date was 2018 It’s easy to promise. I hope spacex deliver, and I hope it does by 2030. That would be great. But for now “about to start” is as meaningful as Branson’s statements back in 2003.
- microdrum 8y ago"have not dared try" This mission wasn't difficult from an astro perspective, and was only moderately challenging from a satellite comms perspective. It just wasn't that high on the priority list.
- TheForumTroll 8y agoJust another flamebait article as pretty much all articles about China in US owned media these days.