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I think you're seriously overestimating Chinese economic capabilities. They are still constrained by the same economic realities as everybody else, and -- much

I think you're seriously overestimating Chinese economic capabilities. They are still constrained by the same economic realities as everybody else, and -- much as we wish it were possible -- they cannot afford to just do whatever.

buscoquadnary 4y ago
"You can accomplish anything when you have vision, determination and an endless supply of expendable labor"
- post-it 4y ago
  The type of labour needed to build a space station isn't expendable.
- detritus 4y ago
  Presumably the problem there is that even a sea of expendable labour's useless, if what you need is a Von Braun[1]-esque figure and a paddling pool of engineering talent... . [1] Korolev, Musk, &c.