There's an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can't Study China's Amazing New Moon Rocks

https://futurism.com/reason-nasa-scientists-cant-study-china-rocks

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17489886

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beepbooprobot@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 2y (3 replies)

That's because the US enacted a law called the Wolf Amendment in 2011, which prevents NASA from using government funds to cooperate directly with China

Laws are stupid apparently

trolololol@lemmy.world · -25 pts · 2y (2 replies)

So private money is ok? Privatize NASA

beepbooprobot@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

Just calling out the sensationalised headline here. It's not an absurd reason why but in fact something completely grounded and expected.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y

Worked awesome for boeing.

JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Part of the reason for not cooperating was China dropping boosters on populated areas I think.

Edit: here's a video of a hypergolic first stage crashing on/near a village a week ago. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/24/china/china-rocket-debris-falls-over-village-intl-hnk/index.html

NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

Has nothing to do with that. They are concerned about China getting their hands on U.S. rocket technology that they could use for defense purposes.

HawlSera@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y

I don't know why people are giving this sample the time of day, when odds are 1:1 that it's bullshit - https://youtu.be/_Nqja6IvTEw?list=PLpRwVnZjybJ1QLMPZSQwulyTZ3wZGQlDG

Dkarma@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Prolly cuz they're fake like half the shit out of China

HawlSera@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

Right? People keep praising China as this technological super power when they're just a bunch of scam artists