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chriswaco t1_iv1puyv wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in China Is Now a Major Space Power by goki7

It’s not pride. It’s reality. My US-based engineering school is now 25% Chinese. The first generation of US-trained engineers has returned home and China is now training more engineers than we are.

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Analyst7 t1_iv5an5x wrote

But if they are so capable why are they using Russian designs?

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chriswaco t1_iv5zqfq wrote

The same reason our rockets used German designs. It’s the fastest way to get started. If not for the private company SpaceX, the US would be way behind Russia and China in launch capacity right now.

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