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US concerned NASA will be overtaken by China's space program (interestingengineering.com)
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US concerned NASA will be overtaken by China's space program::undefined

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[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Looking at their space station, I think China already has overtaken NASA.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Their station has like three modules (with plans to add 3 more) and capacity for 3 people. The ISS has at least 16 modules (maybe over 30 depending on what you count as a module) and capacity for over a dozen people.

Like many things from authoritarian countries, it looks nice but isn't even close in terms of capabilities.

[–] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Authoritarianism is not equal to capabilities. In fact, the Soviet space program was significantly more capable for a very long time