Chinese/American solidarity in The Martian (2015)
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The Chinese come to the rescue of NASA and the movie literally concludes with one of the American heroes fist-bumping a Chinese astronaut on a joint mission back to Mars. It's a sad reminder of how bad the new cold war has become in just a few years.

2015: :wholesome: We can explore space together! :solidarity:

2022: President Xi is going to invade Taiwan at any moment LAUNCH THE NUKES NOW! :guts-rage:

:sadness:

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-space-idUSKCN0XJ1C2

    Apparently the US forbids space cooperation with China. Figures.

      • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        No. Sci-fi nerd writers are less jingoistic than the US government and probably weren't even aware of the fact.

        • TankBombadil [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Sci-fi nerd writers are less jingoistic than the US government

          Sometimes, sometimes it's the other way.

      • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        iirc they have a line in the book about keeping the talks between space agencies, as the governments of both would just get caught up in politics