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Sure, but we were on the clock against Germany. Are there similar pressures today? Put differently: what's the strategic impact of a 2 month delay?
by itishappy 2y ago
Sure, but we were on the clock against Germany. Are there similar pressures today?
Put differently: what's the strategic impact of a 2 month delay?
- redox99 2y agoIt's not just a one time thing. These delays are recurring.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoIsn't that the issue? We are not on the clock anymore, until China actually blows past us, we can just keep delaying everything.
- timschmidt 2y agoChina is second in mass to orbit after SpaceX. All others amount to a rounding error. There are currently a couple dozen Chinese startups working to build reusable orbital class rockets. Launches or test fires every week. No other country has an active program to build a reusable launch stage. It's not a hot war... yet. One might call it a cold war.