ORIGINAL: highhorse
MACE
The Chinese have sent a man into space, and if they choose not to develop a turbine wheel for themselves then they will have no reservation about knocking off a German one.
Nuff said !
(But I sure hope they
don't get into the biz)
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Well, keep in mind that they sent men into space using modified Russkie hardware. They did not design the Shenzhou spacecraft, just copied it and made some changes. So they did not REALLY send men into low Earth orbit; they copied the way others did it (as usual).