US neeeds to reexamine NASA's stance with PRC

[eatshitndie]

The rabbit was only a first attempt. It wasn't an easy task. Outer space is one heck of a rough place to be. Star Trek makes it look like child's play. Space travel is dangerous, lonely, and nobody is there to help you or even hear you scream. Arthur Clarke's 201 Space Odyssey is more realistic than Star Trek or Star Wars.

Cheers!

tiongs do get some hollywood break with gravity. at least, bollocks oops i meant bullock survived by escaping back to earth via the "heavenly pearl" pod. :p

 

[winners]

You're really a piece of work, starting your ridiculous retort with an obvious lie. Since when did China 'fall in line' at the whim of an anticipated recession in USA?

Bloody retarded Sinkie, every thing must be spoonfed. Can't even GOOGLE for yourself:

GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECESSION AFFECTS CHINA'S EXPORTS

China, which overtook the United States to become the world’s second largest merchandise exporter in 2007 behind the European Union (EU), suffered the first contraction in its exports in more than seven years last November.

China, which overtook the United States to become the world’s second largest merchandise exporter in 2007 behind the European Union (EU), suffered the first contraction in its exports in more than seven years last November. Exports fell 2.2% from the year earlier according to the General Administration of Customs of China. Many analysts had predicted that the monthly trade figures would show China’s exports slowing along with the global economy, but few had expected a decrease. Indications are that the December data will be even worse.

The global economic recession is strongly affecting the Chinese economy, the fourth largest in the world, since for the first time in the last three decades the three biggest buyers of China’s exports -USA, Europe and Japan- are all suffering from the financial crisis. In fact, the International Monetary Fund has predicted the first simultaneous recession (negative growth) in the U.S., Japan and Euro region in the post-World War II era. The loss of purchasing power in these three regions has caused China’s exports to decrease to $114.99 billion in November. This means that the almost endless demand for inexpensive goods made in the world’s most populous country has plunged.

China’s economic dynamism of the last 20 years has been powered by exports. However, now China’s falling exports are contributing to a significant decline in GDP. China’s net exports (exports minus imports) contributed to one-third of its GDP growth in 2007, showing that the Chinese economy is heavily dependent on global trade. China, which grew 11.9 percent in 2007, is now expected to slow to 7 percent this year and 6.6 percent in 2010-according to Morgan Stanley.

Of course, this decrease in exports will have several implications. First, and most important, it will result in a massive increase in unemployment. The Chinese government estimates that the foreign trade sector employs directly more than 80 million people. Although China’s official urban unemployment rate is 4 per cent, there is still substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas. Thousands of factories have already been closed, forcing millions of migrant workers to return to the countryside. Thus, the economic problems could be translated also into a social one putting added pressure on the Chinese government. Statements by Chinese leaders have already shown that they are worried about the social impact of a sharp downturn.

China has taken a number of steps to respond to the global financial crisis such as implementing a new economic stimulus package, including an acceleration of construction projects, new export tax rebates and tax and interest rate cuts. Also, State banks are being directed to lend more to exporters, particularly to small and midsized operations.

If China has learned one thing through this crisis it is that it has to lower its dependency on exports. Although a shifting toward a greater reliance on domestic demand will not be easy in the nearby future, it will be indispensable. Besides, taking into account that Chinese households have one of the world’s highest savings rates and Chinese families already receive significant government help with education costs, medical care and retirement.

Source: http://www.asiaecon.org/special_articles/read_sp/11980

Have you missed taking your meds , asshole? And the rest of your post is totally irrelevant to the topic.

You are indeed worse than a moron because you still don't get my point of despising you as a useless Sinkie who only knows how to kpkb, but truly incapable of doing anything more than this. Show your wisdom (if you have any in the first place) and get yourself out of the shit that the PAP is throwing at you Sinkies. I can salute you if you can do that, but knowing your type, I believe you'll still be at the mercy of the PAP for the next 20 years, whereas I'm miles ahead of you and no matter what the PAP is shitting on the Sinkies, it won't affect me even a bit. In fact, their "open door" policies to import and embrace the FTs have truly benefited me tremendously and I have to thank them for that. Why should I care when Sinkies of your kind are out of job? You can only blame yourself and truly deserve it because you don't plan well ahead. You are such a spineless jerk, having to depend on the government for the most part of your life in this planet. Don't you even consider yourself a shame and a burden to this society? Anyone who associates with you will end up being disastrous.

 

[Agoraphobic]

It would have been more interesting if they showed the kitchen section of that Chinese station. I remember on a certain Star Trek movie, they showed a scene of the Klingon Warbird's kitchen and it was hilarious! I wonder when Paramount Pictures will let the Klingons have their own episode/show. Hope they do it before I die.

Cheers!

tiongs do get some hollywood break with gravity. at least, bollocks oops i meant bullock survived by escaping back to earth via the "heavenly pearl" pod. :p

 

[Agoraphobic]

Whilst congress holds its stance to keep a distance on working with China, some individuals within USA are starting to change their views on cooperating with PRC and acknowledging that cooperation is more fruitful than competition. For the future of our species, it is my hope they come closer together.

Cheers!

http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/report-to-reach-mars-nasa-must-work-with-china/

Report: To Reach Mars, NASA Must Work With China

A National Research Council report recommends lifting the ban on NASA-Chinese cooperation.

By Shannon Tiezzi
June 05, 2014

The U.S. space program should seek to expand its cooperation with China, a new report has found. The report by the National Research Council, titled “Pathways to Exploration – Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration,” laid out recommendations for the future of U.S. space agency NASA. Congress ordered the report in 2010; the results of the four-year investigation were released Wednesday.
NASA is banned from cooperating with China on projects under a 2011 appropriations law that states:
None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.
The ban reflects congressional unease about high-tech cooperation with China in any field. There are also restrictions limiting the extent of mil-to-mil cooperation with China as well as a ban on certain high-tech exports. Frank Wolf, the Representative behind the anti-China clause, explained his reasoning. “We don’t want to give them the opportunity to take advantage of our technology, and we have nothing to gain from dealing with them,” he said back in 2011. He also cited moral concerns over working with the Chinese government: “Would you have a bilateral program with Stalin?”
Scientists, however, have been far less supportive of the ban. Last October, when it came to light that Chinese scientists had been banned from attending a NASA conference, the news sparked outrage and boycotts among American scientists. Geoff Marcy, a U.S. scientist considered to have been on the short-list for the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics, called the ban “completely shameful and unethical.” NASA eventually backtracked and re-invited the Chinese scientists, in part after Rep. Wolf said that NASA was not prohibited by law from interacting with individual Chinese citizens.
Though Wolf argued the law had been misinterpreted, he stood firm behind the blanket ban on cooperation between NASA and Chinese government entities. However, the backlash over the conference drew new attention to the ban, with many speaking out against it. Since then, there have been signs NASA is seeking a change. And such a change may be possible: with Rep. Wolf announcing he will not seek reelection this year, the ban on NASA-China cooperation will lose its strongest supporter.
In January, officials from China’s National Space Administration were included in an international meeting hosted by the U.S. State Department. Because funding was provided by State, not NASA, it did not violate the 2011 law. The meeting was a rare opportunity for U.S. and Chinese officials to talk about potential space cooperation. Still, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden cautioned against too much optimism: “Human spaceflight is not something that’s going to happen with [the] U.S. [and] China in the foreseeable future, because we are forbidden from doing that by law,” he reminded reporters.
Now, the NRC’s report officially calls for a reexamination of the 2011 ban. “This policy, while driven by congressional sentiment, denies the U.S. partnership with a nation that will probably be capable of making truly significant contributions to international collaborative missions,” the report said. “Given the rapid development of China’s capabilities in space, it is in the best interests of the United States to be open to its inclusion in future international partnerships,” it continued.
The report also recommended that NASA turn its focus to sending a manned mission to Mars, calling the red planet “the horizon goal for human space exploration.” Yet the NRC cautioned that this goal could not be reached without more extensive international cooperation. “We’re really talking about international collaboration of a different scale than what has been conducted in the past,” Jonathan Lunine, co-chair of the NRC panel, told reporters.
Even while the NRC highlighted the need for international efforts, Russia is drastically scaling back its space cooperation with the U.S. in response to Western sanctions stemming from the Ukraine crisis. Russia has announced that it will withdraw from the International Space Station in 2020, and will cease selling the RD-180 engine that currently powers the U.S. Atlas 5 rocket.
With Russia withdrawing (at least temporarily) from space cooperation with the U.S., cooperation with China becomes all the more vital. “Current federal law preventing NASA from participating in bilateral activities with the Chinese … reduces substantially the potential international capability that might be pooled to reach Mars,” the report found.

 

[Sinkie]

Bloody retarded Sinkie, every thing must be spoonfed. Can't even GOOGLE for yourself:

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So, global to you means USA, is it asshole? So, Earth means USA? What a lame fuck you're.

On the other part of your lame reply, you're talking rots. I shall not give it any tiny shred of dignity by replying to it.