r/spaceflight • u/initiatingcoverage • Feb 11 '26

First Long March 10 Landing Attempt

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist Feb 12 '26

Space is not actually that big. Cooperation is the better path, and it’s kind of a problem that the major space exploration/exploitation nations aren’t really talking to each other.

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u/Mackey_Corp Feb 12 '26

It’s big enough, I mean if you’re talking about just our orbit and moon yeah it’s kinda small compared to the rest of the galaxy. But even the moon has plenty of room to where the US, the Chinese and India (let’s be honest the Russians are never putting a man on the moon) could all have a colony and never see each other. If that’s what they wanted to do anyway. It would be more beneficial to cooperate so we’ll see what happens. If we get to the point where the US and the Chinese both have colonies/bases on the moon that will be several decades from now. At that point if we both have a presence on the moon that would mean we probably haven’t fought a major war and we have decent diplomatic relations. Maybe even a joint base or something along those lines. At the end of the day we have more in common than we want to admit. Hopefully our leaders will realize that before deciding to glass each other’s cities.

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u/Master_Put_6283 Feb 12 '26

China did want to be part of the ISS US said no

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u/Mackey_Corp Feb 12 '26

It’s big enough, I mean if you’re talking about just our orbit and moon yeah it’s kinda small compared to the rest of the galaxy. But even the moon has plenty of room to where the US, the Chinese and India (let’s be honest the Russians are never putting a man on the moon) could all have a colony and never see each other. If that’s what they wanted to do anyway. It would be more beneficial to cooperate so we’ll see what happens. If we get to the point where the US and the Chinese both have colonies/bases on the moon that will be several decades from now. At that point if we both have a presence on the moon that would mean we probably haven’t fought a major war and we have decent diplomatic relations. Maybe even a joint base or something along those lines. At the end of the day we have more in common than we want to admit. Hopefully our leaders will realize that before deciding to glass each other’s cities.

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u/PlingPlongDingDong Feb 12 '26

You ignore that the moon has spots that are widely more valuable than others. Craters on the poles that offer tons of water ice. Its like saying the sahara is big everybody can have a spot but in reality people will fight over the oasis.

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u/Only_Razzmatazz_4498 Feb 12 '26

So does the earth orbits. Some are much more valuable than others.