There's an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can't Study China's Amazing New Moon Rocks
There's an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can't Study China's Amazing New Moon Rocks
The US enacted a law in 2011 that forbids NASA from cooperating with China, which means it may not be able to study the latest Moon rocks.
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That's because the US enacted a law called the Wolf Amendment in 2011, which prevents NASA from using government funds to cooperate directly with China
Laws are stupid apparently
32 0 ReplySo private money is ok? Privatize NASA
1 0 ReplyJust calling out the sensationalised headline here. It's not an absurd reason why but in fact something completely grounded and expected.
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Part of the reason for not cooperating was China dropping boosters on populated areas I think.
Edit: here's a video of a hypergolic first stage crashing on/near a village a week ago. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/24/china/china-rocket-debris-falls-over-village-intl-hnk/index.html
8 0 ReplyProlly cuz they're fake like half the shit out of China
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