One second. It's not showing in the Netherlands? I'm supposed to move there in October. As I understand it, internet connections are way slow. So downloading will not be feasible. I think I have to notify my boss.
What is really important about this, is not that
Cheng he was able to make contact with the Americas. But that such an advanced exploration effort should come to naught. Cheng He's fleets
far surpassed anything the west ever accomplished
for centuries. Yet only a generation later, there
was nothing left, Those ships were dismantled like
our last few Saturn 5's.
How is it the west won the race to World Hegemony
when the Chinese were obvously so far ahead at that point in time.
Are we making the same mistakes the chinese of that era did when they shut the project down?
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One second. It's not showing in the Netherlands?
I'm supposed to move there in October. As I
understand it, internet connections are way slow.
So downloading will not be feasible.
I think I have to notify my boss.
What is really important about this, is not that Cheng he was able to make contact with the Americas. But that such an advanced exploration effort should come to naught. Cheng He's fleets far surpassed anything the west ever accomplished for centuries. Yet only a generation later, there was nothing left, Those ships were dismantled like our last few Saturn 5's. How is it the west won the race to World Hegemony when the Chinese were obvously so far ahead at that point in time. Are we making the same mistakes the chinese of that era did when they shut the project down?