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> China also had made industry espionage their way to go in these things. They're even espionaging from themselves in the future! Dude, have you ever _been_ i
by cyberax 8mo ago
> China also had made industry espionage their way to go in these things.
They're even espionaging from themselves in the future!
Dude, have you ever _been_ in China? They don't need espionage, they're now way ahead of the world in technology, except in a few areas like biotech research and semiconductor manufacturing.
For the last decade, China has been having more engineers in _training_ than the total number of engineers in the US. Sure, the quality of Chinese universities is not that great, but the sheer number of them has its own power.
- noosphr 8mo agoI strongly suggest to anyone who thinks this isn't true to go to Shenzhen and then SF. One feels like the future. The other feels like you will get shot.
- mikkupikku 8mo agoNonexistent relevance to rockets.
- inglor_cz 8mo agoRockets are notoriously complicated, though. Only a few nations even managed to get to the orbit, and not for a lack of trying. SpaceX is a rare bird - a space startup that actually achieved not just spaceflight, but (so far only partial) reusability of launchers. Most space startups died long before that, including Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace. Given that they are gone, we don't think of them often, but the total graveyard of defunct space startups is quite sizeable. Russia seems to be slowly losing their space capabilities. The EU still does not have a human-rated launcher. These aren't small entities either. Getting to space is a dangerous business with extremely thin security margins, where previous experience matters a lot. I think China will eventually have reusable rockets, but it will take some time.
- cyberax 8mo agoChina has at least two startups that launched rockets into space. Zhuque-3 launch even almost landed a booster. It's the second-mover advantage. Once you know that something is possible, you can often avoid exploring all the dead ends.