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>The Soviets and Americans also did a lot of borderline and dangerous stuff when doing prestige and science. the difference being that the cold war fueled nove
by serf 4y ago
>The Soviets and Americans also did a lot of borderline and dangerous stuff when doing prestige and science.
the difference being that the cold war fueled novel R&D and science that the world had never seen; the Long March is a tool that was created as a means to chase after the capabilities of similar Heavy-Lift style rockets. The experimentation of the Cold War was fairly tightly controlled and limited in quantity; the Long March is supposed to be used for generally all space construction for the foreseeable future.
Given that this class of tool exists in the world already, all we can be asked to do is judge it against its' peers. They all have had accidents, but if the Long March is going to be known for spraying debris across the planet then this is a problem that everyone must pay attention to, regardless of where China has progressed to with regards to their safety culture.
We're not talking about Chinese safety when we're referring to space debris; this encapsulates the entire world.
- hospadar 4y ago> The experimentation of the Cold War was fairly tightly controlled and limited in quantity; This seems a bit generous to the US & USSR - remember when we nuked the bikini atoll many times? (oops sorry about your homeland)
- MichaelCollins 4y agoNot just Bikini Atoll; America nuked itself hundreds of times too, injuring and killing perhaps tens of thousands, maybe more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downwinders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downwinders John Wayne is possibly one of the victims of this (inconclusive; besides getting nuked he also smoked like a chimney.)
- foobiekr 4y agoThe first person down a path, unfortunately, tramples a lot. It takes serious internal problems for the third or fourth person following to repeat those mistakes.
- waffleiron 4y agoIt’s not like the US made all data from their tests public, your argument would hold up if they would have.
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