China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from across the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that cooperation, specifically with the U.S.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 days ago

    Oh, does our war-mongering get in the way of science? How could anyone have seen that coming.

    In a sane world, we’d try to build a healthy relationship with China. We’re so interdependent that it’d be a win for both sides. Instead, we need an outside bogeyman to distract from the fact that the real villains fucking us around are our own compatriots. Rich assholes get away with distracting the masses yet again!

    • can@sh.itjust.works
      97·
      2 days ago

      Instead, we need an outside bogeyman to distract from the fact that the real villains fucking us around are our own compatriots. Rich assholes get away with distracting the masses yet again!

      I think this applies to both countries.

      Edit: for the record, rich assholes distract the masses in my country too. And I just noticed the instance I’m on so I’m tapping out here.

      • tiredturtle@lemmy.ml
        3·
        21 hours ago

        I’m sorry this instance has problematic relationships with some capitalist overlords being favoured but you are correct.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    BANGKOK (AP) — China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from around the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples that the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that cooperation, specifically with the United States.

    “The source of the obstacle in US-China aerospace cooperation is still in the Wolf Amendment,” said Bian Zhigang, vice chair of the China National Space Administration.

    The Wolf Amendment was enacted in 2011 and prevents direct U.S.-Chinese bilateral cooperation except in cases where the FBI can certify that there is no national security risk to sharing information with the Chinese side in the course of work.

    It worked with the European Space Agency, France, Italy and Pakistan in the Chang’e 6 mission.

    “I’m afraid this matter will not be revealed until tomorrow, so I hope everyone can wait patiently for another day,” Chang’e 6 chief designer Hu Hao said at the news conference.

    The probe had landed in the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin, an impact crater created more than 4 billion years ago.

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