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I remember reading that this spacecraft would not have been launched without a Russian rocket engine, and that the plutonium fuel also came from that country.
by thatsone 11y ago
I remember reading that this spacecraft would not have been launched without a Russian rocket engine, and that the plutonium fuel also came from that country.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoWell, to be honest, if we were to treat vendors as contributors to projects, the entire world would owe almost everything to China.
- pluma 11y ago... which we do. Your point being?
- moistgorilla 11y agoWe owe nothing to China considering we pay them
- pluma 11y ago"Owing" something is not always about money. "The West" owes a large part of its wealth to Africa and Asia. It's a team effort, not just a business transaction.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoTrue, but I meant a particular subset of "owing" in which you consider which parties are directly responsible for some event. Paid out vendors are usually not considered the primary parties.