Monkey Pox is no longer the dangerous disease spreading across the USA. A more virulent virus called Madamericus or CSS is spreading and originated from NASA. Must have been from the moon rocks they picked from the Arizona desert. Actually the disease could be traced to 2011 in Washington, named after an America senator called Frank Wolf. The earlier symptoms of this disease were a sense of grandeur and delusion that the Americans were the best in space technology. The Americans thought they were the only intelligent human specie on earth and passed a law called the Wolf Amendment prohibiting NASA from cooperating with China on space technology and forbidding Chinese from entering the International Space Station. They were afraid that the Chinese would steal the American space technology. This could also be the beginning of the American lie that the Chinese stole everything in science and technology from the Americans.
Fast forward 10 years to today now. China was completely blocked from the ISS programmed and access to western space technology. Isolated and banned from the ISS, China launched its own space programme and has just completed building its own China Space Station, CSS, using Chinese technology and standards. How could this happen? The Americans were shocked into disbelief and literary went mad.
The lies that China stole American space technology did not hold water. The Chinese Space Station is far more advanced in everything in the antique ISS due to retire in 2022. But with the Chinese Space Station up and running, the madness caused by Madamericus or CSS raised to another level. The American pride was hurt so badly that they are going to extend the life of the ISS, initially from 2022 to 2023, then 2028 and the latest, 2031. Even if the lives of the astronauts in the dilapidated ISS are hanging on a string, with cracks and loss of pressure happening every now and then, the Americans must keep the ISS afloat at all costs, even risking the lives of the astronauts.
The CSS is now turning itself into a real threat to the lives of American astronauts just to show to the world that the ISS can still be up there beside the CSS. And should the ISS breaks down or explode in space, the Americans are going to blame the Chinese for pressuring them to keep the museum piece in space for longer than its designed lifespan.
In the meantime, NASA has told China that the CSS must meet the American standards and specifications or else it cannot be allowed to stay in space, just like commercial aircraft needing to meet FAA standards and specifications to be allowed to fly. The Americans are deluded to think that they are now the authority on space stations and only they can certify if a space station is fit to be in space. Can you believe this? I am feeling so sorry for the lunatics in NASA. They must be thrown into an asylum and the keys thrown away for the safety of humankind. Pfizer should quickly develop a new vaccine for Madamericus aka CSS and inject into everyone in NASA and Washington to keep them safe from going mad.
This is not all.The Americans are banning the use of the Chinese language in the CSS. They might as well ban the use of Chinese language in China. They need to be forgiven for making this wild condition as they have all gone bonkers, out of their mind. The virus Madamericus aka CSS is virile and only attacks Americans, specifically those working in NASA and the politicians in Washington.
Who knows, the mad Americans may want to ban the Chinese from entering and working in the CSS and may come up with a new amendment, that only Americans are allowed to build space stations.
PS. The Americans got the cheek to apply to work in the CSS despite the Wolf Amendment. You know what the Chinese response was? They showed the Americans the middle finger. Americans are banned from the CSS for good, forever.
And there are very good reasons for this. An American in the CSS would be extremely high risk of sabotage. Any AngloSaxon would be a high risk. In fact any American ally would be a high risk. But China took the risk, be magnanimous and hope that the good faith would win them over from sabotaging the CSS.
Papies would be very happy to ask it Ammercunt master for 1 of it space talent to become sinkies & apply to join the css..After that can papies can busk in the glory of 1st sinkie in space..hahaha
ReplyDeleteBetter not. The ISS can collapse any moment.
ReplyDeleteTechnical problems not confined to US space station:
ReplyDelete'GAO examined 49 aircraft and found that only four met their annual mission capable goal in a majority of the years from fiscal years 2011 through 2021.
As shown below, 26 aircraft did not meet their annual mission capable goal in any fiscal year. The mission capable rate—the percentage of total time when the aircraft can fly and perform at least one mission—is used to assess the health and readiness of an aircraft fleet.'
'Think about the implications of this. The United States defense budget for FY 2022 is $715 billion. This is almost two and a half times the defense budgets of China and Russia combined.'
'For fiscal year 2021, GAO found that only two of the 49 aircraft examined met the service-established mission capable goal. More specifically, for fiscal year 2021, 30 aircraft were more than 10 percentage points below the mission capable goal in fiscal year 2021; and 17 aircraft were 10 percentage points or less below the mission capable goal in fiscal year 2021.
Many of the selected aircraft are facing one or more sustainment challenges, as shown below. According to program officials, these challenges have an effect on mission capable rates.'
The planes are deficient in the following areas:
Unexpected replacement of parts and repairs.
Delays in depot maintenance.
Shortage of trained maintenance personnel.
Unscheduled maintenance.
Diminishing manufacturing source.
Parts obsolescence.
Parts shortage and delay.
'Prior to the start of World War II, the United States had 790 active ships. By the end of the war, that number soared to 6084. Today’s fleet is half-the size of the U.S. fleet at the dawn of World War II. The U.S. Navy is now a carrier centered force, as I have discussed in previous posts. Its ability to project force has diminished over the last ten years as Russia and China have developed effective hypersonic missiles that can defeat the current air and missile defense systems in place ostensibly to protect the Carrier task forces from attack.
The critical difference between now and December 7, 1941 is the dramatic decline in the U.S. industrial base.
After Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States built and deployed 5,294 ships–e.g., aircraft carriers, battleships and destroyers–in three years.The United States was producing on average 147 ships a month.
Today, it takes 5 to 7 years to build and deploy an aircraft carrier. In the event of a war with Russia and/or China, the United States can no longer churn out the volume of naval craft it did in World War II. Just because the ships are loaded up with more advanced technology does not automatically translate into greater combat effectiveness and longevity.'
Link to article: https://sonar21.com/if-you-think-the-united-states-is-ready-for-a-conventional-war-with-russia-or-china-think-again/
China rejected the USA application to participate in the Tiangong Space Station experiments, citing the USA has 'nothing of value' to contribute to space exploration. That was one big slap on the face of the USA.
ReplyDeleteThen, as you now know and would expect, sour grapes became the order of the day, with all the hubris thrown at the Tiangong Space Station. Fabrications such as not up to their standard, should not be using Chinese on board, and not international enough by keeping them out. They have not yet been on board and how do they know what standard they are expecting and talking about?
They should look at the developments closer to the ground to understand the standard the Chinese have accomplised, compared to the USA eg infrastructure, in order to talk about standard.
Honestly, why is the USA still bragging about their standard when they have, for years, been riding piggy back on the Russian constructed ISS, even needing Russian rockets to ferry them to the ISS, and yet they were the one instigating and having the final say in forbidding the participation of the Chinese in space research on the ISS.
Years down the road, they never would expect China to go to the moon, landed a probe on Mars and have their own space station. They could not figure out how the Chinese could land a probe on Mars, with all the complexities of Mars having no gravity and scant atmosphere existing on Mars.
Let not the USA claim that China stole their space station technology when China had never been allowed on the ISS. That will never hold water. Or that China stole their 5G mobile tech, when they are still struggling to put in place a workable system. Right now, their 5G attempt is still fraught with problems. Their biggest problem probably being how to have a backdoor to spy on allies using 5G. LOL
China knows allowing the USA on the CSS is inviting trouble. Wherever the USA goes, trouble follows is what many people are saying. Space is not going to be the exception. The USA had already been talking about space force and competition with China for space supremacy. Their agenda is not co-operation, but sabotage to keep others down, so they can lead.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the USA's agenda on the ground is already clear enough for all to see. The instigation in Xinjiang, the Taiwan issue, the trade war, the technology war, the alliances that were formed, all have one common objective, and that is to counter and push China down.
Would the USA be acting in good faith on the CSS? It does not need a nuclear scientist to provide the answer.
In response, the US has been preparing to defend itself against a resurgent and powerful China. It has beefed up support for Taiwan, preparing to defend the island with force if necessary. And it has imposed a draconian round of technological sanctions, forcing American engineers to leave the country and American companies to look for alternative suppliers – often at huge cost. Perhaps in their first face to face meeting since he became President, scheduled for next week, Xi and Joe Biden will find a way to dial down the tension. If not, the two sides are likely to engage in full-blown economic warfare.
ReplyDeleteWe will hear lots of rhetoric from the main European powers about how the West needs a united front, about how it should stand up to China’s growing political influence and unite behind shared values with the US. The trouble is, at the same time Europe is also deepening its economic ties with China at an accelerating rate.
Just take a look at a handful of decisions over the last few months. Last week, the giant French auto conglomerate Renault re-organised itself into new units. One of them, making engines, will be a joint venture with ambitious Chinese business Geely (which already owns Sweden’s Volvo and its electric vehicle unit Polestar, as well as 51pc of the UK’s Lotus).
Nothing happens at Renault without the approval of the French government, which holds 15pc of its stock and is by far the dominant shareholder.
Germany has just allowed China’s Cosco to take a major stake in Hamburg’s port, one of the continent’s most important terminals, while Chancellor Scholz flew to Beijing this month to drum up trade.
And even though it is a strategic industry, China is massively increasing production of batteries across Europe.
So far this year, China’s Svolt Energy has expanded a big new factory in Germany, manufacturer CATL announced plans for a second big plant in Hungary alongside an existing one in Germany, while three more Chinese manufacturers have unveiled plans for plants in Spain, Germany and Portugal.
There may be lots of talk about creating a European battery industry, but in reality all the major investments right now are Chinese-owned. We see the occasional attempt to limit China’s growing influence over the continent - such as the German decision last week to block the takeover of two domestic semiconductor manufacturers - but these are very limited. In all the major decisions, the main European powers are doing more business with China than ever, and working as hard as they possibly can to increase it.
In contrast, trade frictions with the US are as tense as ever. Only this month, the EU hit out at the subsidies offered to American companies in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, complaining that it was protecting its own industries at the expense of European rivals. At the same time, it has complained to the US about subsidies on electric vehicles discriminating against rivals from the EU.
The hypocrisy is breathtaking, given that the EU is pouring huge subsidies into its own green energies and recently passed a “Chips Act” to make itself as self-reliant as possible in semiconductors.
And yet, almost no opportunity is ever wasted to inflame a trade war with the US, while it steadily builds up its trading and investment relationship with China.
In reality, this is a very dangerous path. Europe remains dependent on the US for its security, as the war in Ukraine has made it painfully clear. It does not have the means or the willpower to defend itself against aggression. There is plenty of rhetoric about standing up to China, and how the continent is on the side of the US as it tries to limit China’s ambitions to global dominance, at least economically if not militarily.
But industrial policy counts for far more than words and speeches ever can. It is becoming more and more obvious with its investment decisions that the main EU powers have picked a side – and it is in the East.
On July 1 and October 21, 2021, China's Tiangong Space Station had to dodge close encounters with Elon Musk's Starlink satellites. Was that a purposeful attempt or an accidental encounter?
ReplyDeleteFor the USA anything they do is accidental. For China, anything China does is purposeful. Can you believe it? They could pull off fantastic excuses, like claiming they were using an outdated map after bombing the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. The mother of all lies!
ReplyDeleteActually the idea that Europe depends on the US for their security is a myth as good as Japan needing the US to protect its security or Asean needing the Americans to protect their security, from who. The only aggressive country that is conducting regime change and wars is the US.
Europe, Japan and Asean needs the US for their security should be read as 'to protect themselves from regime changed conducted by the Americans.' No one is going to attack Europe, Japan or Asean. The North Koreans are not going to attack the South Koreans. These are myths fabricated by the US to control these countries to the extent of conning them to have American bases in these countries.
Remember, Japan was an Empire, Germany and France were empires too. Germany and France are fully capable of defending against Russia. Maybe a bit outsized by the USSR. But there is no more USSR and Russia is just about the same size as Germany or France in population and wealth. China and North Korea have nothing to do about invading Asean. In fact China saved Asean from the then Vietnam that had already invaded Laos and Cambodia in the 1970s.
The Americans need all these aggressive myths and strawmen aggressors to frighten the countries they want to control and turn into their semi colonies. Period.
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I am impressed by the interest and knowledge of readers here on international affairs.
ReplyDeleteEvery USA made alliance with, trips made by it's ruling elites, speeches proclaimed by it's gang of leaders, are all about containing China, whether on influence, trade, technologies, vaccines, in space, under the sea, and on land, you name it they capitalise on it.
ReplyDeleteWhen does the USA ever forge alliances just for co-operation with them to improve the well being of it's allies? If it does, it is only superficial, with using them the prime motive. They only want allies to do their dirty work of starting proxy wars to carry out their agenda to hold on to their US$ hegemony.
The Africans found that out. The Arabs found that out. The Latin Americans found that out. The Muslims found that out the hard way. Now the Europeans are finding it out. But some Asian countries are still sleeping. Worst of all are the Native American Indians finding that out and being unable to do anything.