More than 40 Mars missions have been launched since the 1960s, but only about half have succeeded. The success rate for landing is even lower, and only the United States has succeeded in a soft landing on Mars.
Fingers crossed they succeed.
I can’t imagine the Muskrat tears at commies taking the lead on Mars.
Really hoping this New Cold War thing has a space race component.
Clearly China doesn’t need this so-called New Cold War to pursue space travel. The whole concept of the world entering an era at all comparable to the Cold War is a bit silly, imo. The US and China are deeply economically intertwined in a way that the US and the USSR never were.
It’s a different starting position to the first Cold War, but it’s got the components.
We’re already seeing the USA torch international institutions in which China gains a foothold, and there’s its push for decoupling on key technologies. Currently the major battlegrounds there are 5G and chips.
We’ve seen a China-friendly government, Morales’ MAS, get coup’d.
We’re seeing a ramp up in propaganda and hostility.
We’re seeing situations in the SCS that could, if things go wrong, turn the Cold War hot.
As you’ve pointed out, one difference is the degree of interconnectedness. Another is that China isn’t really interested in a Cold War right now. But these aren’t insurmountable barriers.
Just because we’re in the early stages doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.
i basically i saw entire thread on the site that shall not be named that was just an endless stream of “fuck china”. then with the shitlib “the government not the people!”. it’s like fucking cheerleaders leading a chant or something now. maybe we are doing a cold war speed run.
o7
