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Congrats to China. An ancient and once great civilization, after too long of a lull, on the verge of doing great things again.
Agreed. My wife is always talking trash about China. In some issues, with good reason. However, I think they will rule the world this century, because they have the largest population of very smart, industrious people in the world. I think it is far more constructive to put your national pride into science and exploration than into perpetual war mongering and profiteering. One feeds the imagination, the others just fuel paranoia and corruption.
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While Japan is certainly far superior to China in vehicle build quality, neither country can hold a candle to the much better built heavy duty North American vehicles. The Chinese don't seem to understand metallurgy at all so it is hard to believe that they could manage to build anything that could go anywhere close to the Moon.
I'd say underestimating China and its abilities would be the worst thing we could do, I remember all too well how people laughed at the little 600 HONDA brought to the US years ago.
its much like when I was a kid. People sent aid because china and many nations had people strarving.Now days they have created a better world for themselves and what we have loss in middle class they have gained. Now we see they do what we have done long before;and some start hating rather than just take it that more humans have achieved.We have been there done that and if we decide to stop for now or slowdown that is our leaders decisions.
If only RWNJs stopped being obsessed about questions of debt and spending, we wouldn't be in this predicament. Unfortunately, we're a graying, old, tired nation, and old people are more about frugal spending than innovation. More concerned about Medicare and SS than NASA
If only liberals didn't push for all but useless liberal arts degrees we might have a better generation of engineers who would take the US back to the moon.
If only liberals didn't **** away trillions of dollars there would have been plenty of budget for NASA. I'm sure NASA could have done it for what Obama and the democrats wasted on "shovel ready" jobs and "investing" in green energy company campaign paybacks.
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...and 45 years ago at that! The right wing glorifies China and idolizes Putin these day just because Obama is the POTUS.
That you think anything here is glorifying China shows how completely out of touch with reality liberals are.
I'd say underestimating China and its abilities would be the worst thing we could do, I remember all too well how people laughed at the little 600 HONDA brought to the US years ago.
well put. the chinese are investing in technology, very heavily, and while they are still well behind the US, they will catch up in many areas. their learning curve is quite steep. how fast they catch up however depends on their economy. if it remains robust, they will have a firm footing and will catch up quickly. if it slows however, their efforts will be hampered somewhat. dont bet against the chinese in many areas.
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If you control space, you control the world. America seems to have stopped caring.
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