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If we limit it to just Earth science NASA appears to be ahead. https://essp.nasa.gov/earth-pathfinder-quests/projects/active-missions/ https://essp.nasa.gov/ea
by JaimeThompson 5y ago
If we limit it to just Earth science NASA appears to be ahead.
https://essp.nasa.gov/earth-pathfinder-quests/projects/active-missions/ https://essp.nasa.gov/earth-pathfinder-quests/projects/activ...
If we include space telescopes, missions on and around other planets, space weather monitoring, solar exploration, and such NASA appears to be ahead.
Saying "progressing at a fast rate than NASA" is just word games since they start from such a lower level and doesn't reflect the reality on the ground.
EDIT: I provided the above as supporting evidence not to start an argument.
- pphysch 5y agoGPS vs. BeiDou Arecibo vs. FAST China recently deployed their own Space Station and Mars Rover, etc... Political and ideological biases aside, it's pretty obvious which space program has more vitality in the current decade. Both sides certainly have novel tech, but what about the bigger trends?
- JaimeThompson 5y ago> GPS vs. BeiDou How is BeiDou evidence for what you claim? > Arecibo vs. FAST Lots of other scopes that have capabilities that neither A or F have. > China recently deployed their own Space Station and Mars Rover, etc... These aren't examples of them being ahead. They may, however, may be examples of them reaching parity.
- pphysch 5y agoBeiDou is more precise than US govt's GPS
- JaimeThompson 5y agoCan be more precise, it isn't more accurate in all use cases. Also the GPS Block III birds have enhancements to improve accuracy and related metrics.
- Ekaros 5y agoActually it is sad that they get so little attention in the west. Space exploration from anyone is really interesting stuff, and we should be rather agnostic with whom we follow.