Posted on Feb 10, 2021
China's Tianwen-1 mission arrives at Mars! Orbit insertion complete
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Excellent video. I actually hope the landing is successful, that kind of competition is good for us. Think back to the USSR/USA space race.
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Sgt (Join to see)
I generally agree with your comments and I do remember the USSR/USA space race, but because of China's aggressiveness to become the number one Nation in the world and if that goal continues to manifest itself, we may be in a technological battle and if we do not protect our technology, we might be at a disadvantage... I do not think it will happen in our lifetime, Jack, but perhaps in our adult children's lifetime and certainly in our grandchildren's lifetime...
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Sgt (Join to see) I agree, but that is no different than the goal of the USSR back then. Biggest difference I see is that China has a massive technology advantage compared to the USSR. Beyond technology is the control China has on things like rare earth minerals that are essential to just about all emerging state of the art developments.
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Every dystopian Sci-Fi movie (think Bladerunner) shows Chinese as the predominant language. (dramatic pause) Is this the beginning of the end?
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