China launched secret space plane as US rival remains grounded
(www.scmp.com)
from naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 2023 04:52
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from naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 2023 04:52
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Did it find a map showing space belonged to china all along?
An ancient space map floating in the heavens.
I wonder how many dashes that line would need to have
The 5th Lagrange points are ancient Chinese markers on the extent of the Middle Kingdom.
How secret are these secret space planes we keep reading about?
They just the decoys
The secret is what they do and where they’re doing it. Usually you can tell where a satellite is by where the rocket went. This thing can change its orbit so it’s very difficult to find it.
Isn’t SCMP not super reliable?
It’s owned by Alibaba.
Or am I being overly critical?
The Washington Post is owned by Amazon, as a comparison.
But no, it’s not very trustworthy, less so that TWP, imo.
I can’t decide if you’re being downvoted by the tankies for calling out their propaganda, or the neolibs for calling out theirs.
I think both lol. Also a chance nitpickers are annoyed because Jeff bezos, not Amazon, owns TWP.
The X-37b first flew in 2010.
It’s cool to see other countries join in such as Europes IXV first flown in 2015.
But yeah Chinas certainly playing catch-up here despite what the title implies.
Catchup with stolen technology no doubt.
Im annoyed the SCMP is accepted as a news source around here. It’s 100% pure, government sanctioned propaganda.
That’s what the article says, yes.