Originally posted by crockett
You are missing the whole point..We are much further advanced than them, however they showed that simple thinking and a low tech approach can counter just about any hi tech advantage we may have.
The first one they did with a rocket.. Pretty much the low tech slam into it approach.
The second a little more high tech, they used a high powered laser beam to temporarily blind one of our spy satellites. It was said at the time they could likely fully disable a satellite with the same approach.
Our continuing dependence on high tech solutions will eventually bite us in the ass. Sure I love all the technology that comes from all these cool military gadgets.. Yet I think our military seems to be trying to rely too much on high tech for it's future.
What good will unmanned drones be if they have no satellite to guide them? Same goes for anything dependant on GPS.. ect.. ect..
No... NASA is stagnant because of red tape. If China catches up it's not because of low tech but because there won't be any beating around the bush, just like there was no *****footing on the way to the Long March rocket BBQs... That's it in brief. Read up on facts before you make claims like that.
