That's because the US enacted a law called the Wolf Amendment in 2011, which prevents NASA from using government funds to cooperate directly with China

Laws are stupid apparently

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Part of the reason for not cooperating was China dropping boosters on populated areas I think.

Edit: here's a video of a hypergolic first stage crashing on/near a village a week ago. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/24/china/china-rocket-debris-falls-over-village-intl-hnk/index.html

[–] NocturnalMorning 8 points 4 months ago

Has nothing to do with that. They are concerned about China getting their hands on U.S. rocket technology that they could use for defense purposes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

I don't know why people are giving this sample the time of day, when odds are 1:1 that it's bullshit - https://youtu.be/_Nqja6IvTEw?list=PLpRwVnZjybJ1QLMPZSQwulyTZ3wZGQlDG

[–] Dkarma -5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Prolly cuz they're fake like half the shit out of China

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Right? People keep praising China as this technological super power when they're just a bunch of scam artists