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There's an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can't Study China's Amazing New Moon Rocks (futurism.com)
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[โ€“] [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

[โ€“] [email protected] 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.