• volodya_ilich@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Yeah I’m not denying they cloned them, I’m saying they were cloned due to the inability to access them widely and affordably in the international market. Cloning stuff is good btw, copyright is a scam

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      4 months ago

      Cloning stuff is good. Not being capable of designing and building your own is bad. It means you can never improve on what already exists.

      It wasn’t for lack of engineers. The Buran rocket’s first and only flight took off and landed on 100% automation. That’s not easy. But didn’t build things in ways that could benefit people in a more widespread way.