The Great Space Race 2.0

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The Great Space Race 2.0

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The cosmic race is on, but with wildly different approaches! 🚀

While the US space program gets caught in the political tug-of-war between Republicans and Democrats (both pointing in opposite directions), China's taking the engineering-driven long game approach.

The genius of this meme is highlighting how China's space ambitions are built on technical expertise and multi-decade planning that transcends individual leadership terms. Those engineers aren't playing around - they've got 40-year roadmaps while we're still arguing which way to point the rocket!

It's like comparing a carefully choreographed space ballet to two people fighting over the steering wheel mid-launch. Maybe we should take notes? 📝

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