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.

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  • buckykat [none/use name]
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    3 days ago

    Too bad Trump banned NASA from any cooperation with China.

    Oh wait, that was Obama in 2011.

  • What_Religion_R_They [none/use name]
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    3 days ago

    Response to:

    After the Chang'e-6 samples, weighing nearly 2 kilograms, were safely transported to a special laboratory for further study on Friday, NASA spokesperson Faith McKie told media that while China worked with the European Space Agency, France, Italy and Pakistan on this mission, "NASA wasn't invited to take part in the moon probe."

    NASA also didn't get "any direct invitation" to study China's moon rocks, after it welcomed all scientists from around the world to apply to study them, McKie told NatSec Daily.

    https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202407/1315190.shtml

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    3 days ago

    US only does the kind of science that makes GPUs more expensive with no real benefit to consumers (Intel, now with AI!)

  • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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    3 days ago

    Fully expect China to start poaching NASA scientists and bringing their entire families over with them at some point

    • Lerios [hy/hym]
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      3 days ago

      my area of science isn't space, but yeah that is genuinely and unironically my life plan. Xi please

      • Tunnelvision [they/them]
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        2 days ago

        My area of science is being liberated by the PLA in the Sino-Burgertown wars. Xi please.

  • Tunnelvision [they/them]
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    2 days ago

    On a similar but unrelated note are those astronauts still stuck in the ISS? They should ask China for help getting them down like that one town asked the Soviets to repair their bridge during the Cold War lmfao

    • spectre [he/him]
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      2 days ago

      It's the Russians who are going to be ready to step in for that but same difference I guess.

    • ProletarianDictator [none/use name]
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      3 days ago

      They should make Americans come to China to do the research alongside Chinese scientists.

      Let the scientists make public calls for access, look like you're taking the high road by giving it to them, force some researchers to see China in reality, and hopefully accelerate the brain drain.