How would he even get there? He’d probably have to fly south to Turkey then over northern Africa to get there, to make sure he didn’t fly over any country that might force his plane down, or land to refuel in any country that might not let him take off again.
Why would Putin go to the inauguration of a random president? He didn’t go to the inauguration of their best pals in Iran, I can’t see why he would go that far in Mexico for no reason. What Mexico puts on the table for him? Weapons? Drones? Large orders of oil/gas? Otherwise it’s a waste of time for the little dictator.
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But seriously though, there has been a concerted effort by the AFU to target and hit oil and gas, and this is a big target. Also takes pressure off of the south, diverts attention and resources, etc.
I was so afraid for Ukraine when Russia invaded. And I know it's taken a lot of effort from the Ukrainian people, but I am massively impressed by their resilience in Fighting this war.
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First of all, it always takes longer to do something the first time because you don’t know what the best way to do it is. That means having to do a lot of experimentation, and having false starts. Once a particular approach is proven, it takes much less time for competitors to follow it. This has been a constant with every type of technology out there.
Second, it’s not like Chinese companies are just starting today. There are already plenty of companies that have functioning prototypes of reusable rockets that are actively being tested today. Here are a couple of examples for you:
You’d think people would learn from the way Chinese companies were able to dominate in areas like solar panels, EVs, battery tech, and are now catching up in chip manufacturing. In every one of these cases, exact same arguments were made, and China shocked westerners by how rapidly it was able to develop these technologies.
Yeah those tests are why I put them at the falcon 1 test flight stage generously. It was 10 years from the last flight of falcon 1 to the first flight of falcon 9 block 5, which is where reusability really started to kick in.
Sure there is a follower advantage, but I don’t know if they can make full use of it since they won’t be able to head hunt talent as much as a US company. Itar might also make it more difficult to use the same suppliers and methodology for a more direct copy.
I’m sure they’ll come up with something pretty cheap eventually, but I think it’ll still take a while for economic rapid reuse.
It will take a few years to develop, but as I’ve already pointed out, China has a good track record of producing advanced technology much faster than anybody expected. Meanwhile, if there is strategic value in having these types of low orbit constellations then the government will eat the cost until reusable rockets become available.
Yeah I suspect that’s what will happen. They’ll launch these satellites on their non-reusable long matches until they eventually have a cheaper reusable capability. I guess we’ll see how long that will be.
You’d think people would learn from the way Chinese companies were able to dominate
People underestimate the power of forced labor, slave labor, prison labor, etc. It can really help an empire waste resources and destroy the planet much faster.
I love how this idiocy has been debunked so many times now, and yet here you are regurgitating it once again. I guess you just need to believe in the atrocity propaganda because you can’t accept the fact that your shithole country can’t compete with China. All these stories ultimately trace back Zenz who is an utter nutcase. And right wing fundamentalists are your source for news about China, then what else is there to say about you as an individual.
Practically all the stories we see about China trace back to Adrian Zenz is a far right fundamentalist nutcase and not a reliable source for any sort of information. The fact that he’s the primary source for practically every article in western media demonstrates precisely what I’m talking about when I say that coverage is divorced from reality.
Along with his “mission” against China, heavenly guidance has apparently prompted Zenz to denounce homosexuality, gender equality, and the banning of physical punishment against children as threats to Christianity.
The fact that this nutcase is being paraded as a credible researcher on the subject is absolutely surreal, and it’s clear that the methodology of his “research” doesn’t pass any kind of muster when examined closely.
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