Every one of you who upvoted that should feel embarrassed. You are so out of touch with current events that you don't realize we are "doing stuff like that" and to a much higher level of sophistication. We just put another Lander on Mars a month ago idiots. The Moon is 236,000 miles away, Mars is 34 million. Which one sounds like more of an accomplishment to you? What do you have to say for yourselves? It really discourages me to see this kind of stupidity on the front page of Voat. EDIT: MAKE THAT 369 UPVOTES LOL. I wish America could have electricity like China.
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crazy_eyes ago
its all knee jerk reactions to the npc programming. People dont think. People dont want to be challenged, they want confirmation. In simple little titles. They dont want to read the articles. They will upvoat any title that appears to agree with their worldview, facts be damned
CameraCode ago
The fact that this post is upvoated says more about voat than the China one being upvoated does. This post is by a known troll, just look at his submission history.
The logic of this is so extremely childish and manipulative, which is exactly why OP said it. Distance alone is not a measure of how impressive a feat is, by that logic, we have not made any significant achievements since Voyager 1. People are envious of China's drive to do something different and push boundaries even with their vastly inferior space program, their rover is the first time humans have ever landed something on the far side of the moon. The current Mars rover certainly is doing important scientific work, but if we had the same drive to break boundaries as China's space program did, imagine what we could have accomplished by now.
OP is laughing at you right now for the irony of you responding to his bait troll post by saying "it's all knee jerk reactions to the NPC programming. People don't think.""They will upvoat any title that appears to agree with their worldview," Having a knee jerk reaction to OP's title is exactly what you are doing, btw. The only difference is that your world view is that you think you are the only one who can see through the programming and think for yourself.
TheWheelofTime ago
Reactionary. That's what more and more people are becoming on all sides of the political spectrum. They are quick to make up their mind, quicker to judge and they are regressive in their views. Fuck research. Fuck due process. If you disagree, you're the enemy. Everyone is a spy. Everyone has an agenda. Everyone is against them. They're everyone's last hope.. if only they could get us to realize it.
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SoldDownRiver ago
Only if it's China that says it
Kippering ago
in regards to manned flight the STS Shuttle has no 'eject' or abort mechanism. While the Russians, Chinese and Apollo missions have an option to abort and save their crew. Many shuttle flights had a chance of tragedy, the first Shuttle was tested to the point of failure. Each Soviet Rocket ship or Russian craft is a new vehicle, whereas there have only been 5 flight-ready shuttle orbiters and the same Shuttle re-used after launch. Shuttle was very expensive and Shuttle killed more people than any other space vehicle in history.
SoldDownRiver ago
I understand that comrade but we're still farther ahead than them. Always have been, of course that could change in the future