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In reply to the discussion: China's Lunar Rover Has Mechanical Trouble [View all]SorellaLaBefana
(491 posts)49. This is so sad
Even sadder, is the fact that we gave up on the moon decades ago and that such exploration is being left to the Chinese.
Why are not the wonderful Patriotic True-American conservatives upset about our abandonment of the moon to the RED Chinese?
Why do such people continue to de-fund science?
Oh. Right.
Because science keeps giving conservatively inconvenient answers.
Answers such as that humans, without reasonable doubt, evolved from "more primitive" animals, that the currently observed global warming is anthropogenic, that women and non-white people are just as smart as true-humans. "Humans" being, of course, only people who are white, male, heterosexual and Christian.
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Funny but when I was a kid, 'Made in Japan' meant cheap, likely to break crap.
denverbill
Jan 2014
#13
I'll put our ford focus up against any thing the Japanese has to off for the same price
madokie
Jan 2014
#51
Yes, it is- you forget that our space program had problems with the first planetary probes
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2014
#43
After you have to pack up you job of 30 years to send it China so it can be made cheaper and not ...
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#54
Just stop with that "the United States has floundered in just about every area" malarkey
psychopomp
Jan 2014
#5
Indeed. Some of the most brilliant engineers I've worked with have been Chinese nationals.
Xithras
Jan 2014
#58
That's too bad... You know, guys, not everything has to be a reason to bash China or the US
penultimate
Jan 2014
#60