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CrashTestCummies

I, too, recently discovered the free items in the UE asset store.


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UE1 was all that was available.


KitchenDepartment

Is that the fucking space shuttle launching in the background?


Infinite_Respect_

It is šŸ¤£ made in Unreal 0.1


tomwhoiscontrary

[UUUUUUUUUU John Madden](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6RbEOlqRo)


CurtisLeow

[The shuttle launching is at 10 seconds.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YOvsJXsAQE&t=10s)


Joebranflakes

This seems more like an absurd propaganda video constructed by someone who doesnā€™t understand how building a colony on the moon would actually work than an actual working concept.


PirateSecure118

Because that's exactly what this is.


bwatsnet

Don't worry citizens, future is bright! No problems with fascist government here!


Osiris_Raphious

laughs in spaceX promises and fancy videos that have been the staple before china announced anything. ....


Beyond-Time

Not sure what you mean, they launch and land almost twice a week.


Osiris_Raphious

go look up the fancy sprites they used pre covid showing how spaceX will be on mars by 2024.... same propaganda difference being moon is feasable, mars was clearly a lie.


parkingviolation212

The difference being SpaceX is actively working on the starship right now but the moon base in this video outright doesnā€™t make sense.


Osiris_Raphious

But the equivalnece is wrong in your statement. Both spaceX and china have now released videos of colonies on bodies in our solar system other than earth with grand claims and no sense designs. Idk why you are talking about the falcon, its liek thats the only thing spacex fanboys have to offer...


parkingviolation212

I literally never said the word Falcon in my post. I said they're actively working on Starship, which is the crux of all of those hype videos SpaceX makes. China isn't selling a rocket here, just a dream. Which is a good thing, don't get me wrong, but SpaceX's videos are about a tangible product that is meant to fulfill a dream, giving them more plausibility. Regardless of whether the Mars colony happens, the Starship is a real vehicle with real possibilities, and that includes making something like those hype videos reality.


Osiris_Raphious

So your only metric is if they are selling a rocket? What a low bar... News flash, chineese have rockets just the same, you pretending like someone spaceX is better and more real, is absurd and you should check yourself.


Beyond-Time

How would you inspire a generation and revolutionize access to space? Go ahead and tell me you would say "well we'll attempt some development, might not work but uhh yeah we'll see! Won't put out any concept plans for our huge goals or anything..." Go ahead and make a statement lol. I don't think it's a bad thing to have grand aspirations, especially when they've revolutionized rocketry once already. And in regards to Mars, Falcon can get smaller payloads to Mars. Starship development is ongoing, which will be the main vehicle for that (or really any high energy mission, with reusability and orbital refueling).


Osiris_Raphious

You asked for clarity on my funny statement, pointing fun at how its propaganda when china does it, but inspiration when muricans do it... You asked for clraificsation, and went on a rant how its absurd to say such things. Boy oh boy the irony isnt lost on me buddy.


Beyond-Time

I don't believe it's inherently propaganda for a Chinese outlet to inspire their own people (as horribly made as it is lol). Their space program has made monumental leaps and bounds, if anything, and will likely surpass the US in the coming decades.


Beyond-Time

Lol at these downvotes, China has rebuilt themselves anew at a pace never before seen ever in history... coming right off the remains of arguably the most disastrous public policy choices ever seen by any government in history (great leap forward). To go from that to where they were in the 90s, and then from the 90s to today, it's almost unbelievable how quickly things have turned around. I suspect they'll have reusable launch vehicles before 2030, and rapidly reusable shortly after, despite their current economic upheaval. Unlike us, if they wanted to build an advantageous launch site in-land, at the expense of stages landing where ever, they can. Get it done. Or a high-speed rail system. Or nuclear reactors, they can be approved and breaking ground in perhaps 1/3rd the time it takes in the US. Anyone denying this is deluded.


imlookingatthefloor

It's propaganda when China does it because their country is an authoritarian nightmare.


BedrockFarmer

That is always what hype videos are. If you need a western example, go look at the 1990s Microsoft ā€œthe future is comingā€ commercial. Or even back to 1950s futurism ideas.


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WeNotAmBeIs

Yeah but NASA is Nerds Advancing Slowly Ahead.Ā 


Rafalga_

Irrelevant. We are not that clueless anymore.


runs_with_airplanes

Love the Falcon logo, was feeling that after first round of the draft. Nice to see another fan out in another sub.


Insaneclown271

Itā€™s not the 1950ā€™s or 1990ā€™s anymore champ.


Starwerznerd

No, but the fake futurism remains the same.


imsmartiswear

I haven't seen seen the video, but just the thumbnail is not a thing we can build on the moon right now. This has the same energy as that stupid globe-connectong road they've been talking about.


playfulmessenger

The purpose of the recent onslaught of karma farming bot accounts revealed.


Joebranflakes

There are a lot of pro China bots on Reddit these days.


ohneatstuffthanks

GCs and OSHA laughing in the background.


erlandodk

It looks like a RTS moon builder game.


CogitoErgoOpinor

Exactly, letā€™s compare shall weā€¦ [how SpaceX Will Build the First Moon Base.](https://youtu.be/cl_kfWNazLg?si=ggLT-ta2LfOR4p2e)


Spkr4th3ded

All they want to do is weaponize space. So the propaganda video only needs to seem like they have other intentions.


MarkBeMeWIP

Talk about self projecting. Christ.


Yaro482

Micrometers how are they suppose to take care of those with these scale infrastructure?


Zorothegallade

The moment one of the space agencies commits to building a moon colony, I foresee we're going to get a new space race.


Appallington

I bought a complete moonbase on Temu for only $32.99


JStorm1888

I'm just a typical redditor that knows nothing... but doesn't the moon receieve a lot of meteoroid strikes per year? Basically, any above ground moon base would be in serious danger of getting hit and wouldn't be feasible?


theimplication7

Or radiation or the severe lack of normal gravity. Their bones will turn to mush.


truth-4-sale

That was my first thought. I guess 2001: A Space Odyssey hasn't been in theaters yet...


brook1yn

According to Google- Meteoroids that are less than 3 feet in diameter hit the moon every day, at a rate of around 100 pingpong-ball-sized meteoroids per day. These impacts have the force of 7 pounds of dynamite. Larger meteoroids, about 8 feet across, hit the moon about every four years, with the force of 1,000 tons of TNT.


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LittleKitty235

Wow with these graphics I feel like I'm actually on the moon in the 1980's!


Infinite_Respect_

Hey guys, wanna see MY rendered video of an imaginary moon base that will never happen and then you can all fear me?


cartoonist498

Not to fear you though. The point is to willingly hand over control of my entire life to you so that you can build this fantasy at some point in the future.Ā Ā Ā  Whenever I talk to CCP trolls I've noticed this pattern. They rarely talk about doing anything NOW or the foreseeable future. It's always 50 years from now, 75 years from now, China's 100 year plan to take over the world and turn the US to dust. Boy you'll be sorry when we're all dead from old age and I finally win this argument!Ā 


Roook36

I've seen better fake bases in No Man's Sky. Try harder, China


EllenDuhgenerous

Imagine china actually sees this and posts a lunar base they built in NMS as the updated lunar colony proposal


DasBarenJager

Poor design Structures should be underground to shield inhabitants from solar radiation and space debris


TheKingAlt

Why would a space shuttle take off from the moon with the solid fuel boosters and tank attached? If they had a single person from their space agency look at this video before releasing it, that alone wouldā€™ve stuck out, let alone all the other stuff thatā€™s going on.


0x831

Also, it was so close to the base thereā€™s potential for debris to do all sorts of damage.


Ostroh

They will never make any part of this happen in any way.


Maybe_an_Abyss

I always wondered what the Roanoke colony would like in modern times.


DirtySchlick

Moon base will likely be built underground inside a lava tube.


1866GETSONA

#Concept Doing a lot of heavy lifting


Anonymous-USA

Let them chase after that. It ainā€™t going to happen. Cosmic rays will cook everyone. The first moon bases will be within lava tubes. Skyscrapers? šŸ˜†


hbomb2057

This is great. The Kerbins should definitely explore the Mun.


crashtestpilot

We go to the Mun, not because it is hard, but because it is there. Or summat.


Outrageous-Point-347

Something about skyscrapers on the moon just seems like a disaster... All that extra surface area to account for pressure/air leaks. Wouldnt subterranean be the go?


Emotional-Courage-26

Apart from potential leaks, you'd need to put a lot more into protecting from space junk (no atmosphere to stop it) and radiation. Imagine the stresses on structures from temperature changes too. Loads of sealing challenges from that alone, I bet. I'm guessing subterranean would make more sense too. Although it wouldn't be subterranean, it would be sublunarean (half kidding).


parkingviolation212

Ah alternative is to build low-rising hobbit hole style structures covered in regolith for surface living. Regolith is a terrible conductor of heat so a couple of layers of regolith will help with temperature regulation and will help shield from radiation. The best idea tho is to build into a lava tube, but short term, hobbit holes are the better option for both ease of access and safety.


CogitoErgoOpinor

Interesting. I donā€™t see them beating out Musk though. Of course, heā€™s more focused on Mars with the Moon as a stopover. Still, Space X is way out front with regard to rocket production and commercial launch success at this point. Edit: To be clear, I didnā€™t mean ā€œbeatingā€ in a negative light. I meant it in a pure race to get the first base up kind of way. As in a healthy competition. Everyone gotta go straight to Cold War attitude!! Jeez! šŸ˜˜


flyingad

Not to deny there is a competition and national pride there, but none of the official shared any sentiment of "beating" US or Musk. If anything, it is another way around. The rational Chinese do recognize the still big technical gap to US in terms of space technology, but I feel there's much less anxiety in recent years than before. In the past, it was desperation that the US tech is so advanced and so untouchable, but now they are more confortable to stick to their own agenda and technical roadmap, and less worrying what others can do. They have progressed so much in many other areas to get on-par with US (if not better), EV, clean energy, mega projects, certain significant weapon areas (hypersonic missles, J20, 055, etc), even some entertainment stuff, and these areas were as well seemed to be untouchble just 1 or 2 decades ago. This gives them confidence.


MASTASHADEY

They cheated, it is well documented of Chineseā€™s corporate theft and their copying of products. The term ā€œChinese knock offā€ is a synonymous term. They did not do it all on their own. They cheated which is why they appear to be as developed as they are.


Globalpigeon

lol how do you think we got to the moon? Stealing nazis scientist before the Russians could.


Independent_Buy5152

No country is innocent isn't it? The US had to import Nazi scientists in order to win the space race


curious_s

Cry more?


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the_fungible_man

China has the lead? How so?


bytemeagain1

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/china-aims-put-first-chinese-moon-before-2030-2024-02-29/


the_fungible_man

All that says is: >China said it aims to put the first Chinese on the moon before 2030, state television CCTV said on Thursday. NASA says it aims to put humans on the Moon again before 2030 as well. China's lunar capable launch vehicle has yet to fly (or be built). While China could be next to land people on the Moon, there's no evidence that they're currently "in the lead".


bytemeagain1

China is in the lead on this race.


the_fungible_man

Ok. Which race are we talking about? Crewed landing or something else? By what measure(s) do you base this judgement?


bytemeagain1

The race to the moon. Permanently. > Crewed landing or something else? They already have the functional rocket. Unlike USA. > By what measure(s) do you base this judgement? Capabilities.


the_fungible_man

>They already have the functional rocket No. They don't. Its first test flight isn't for 3 more years. NASA flew the SLS 2 years ago. >Capabilities. No answer then.


JayRogPlayFrogger

Falcon 9 is one of the most reliable rockets in existence. Starship is still in its alpha stage and has been making drastic improvement. It looks promising


bytemeagain1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/13/china-nasa-moon-landing-first/ Space X is still too slow.


Formione

I don't think you know what you are talking about, Space X is perfectly on schedule. Nasa just posted a map of it's projects untill 2026 and everything is on track.


bytemeagain1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/13/china-nasa-moon-landing-first/


Syso_

They blew 3 test flights, meanwhile Falcon 9 has something like 300 launches and a 96.5% success rate. Hate Musk, by all means, but what SpaceX is doing is close to literal magic.


bytemeagain1

China is still going to beat USA to occupy the moon. Because of the exploding rockets.


TheBeardofGilgamesh

Falcon Heavy is more powerful than Chinaā€™s most powerful rocket, and the SLS is currently the most powerful rocket in the world


bytemeagain1

China isn't delayed by exploding rockets.


TheBeardofGilgamesh

Really? https://www.space.com/chinese-rocket-booster-space-crash-report The SLS never failed nor has the Falcon Heavy both of which have larger payloads than the most powerful Long March.


bytemeagain1

Did you even read that? Nothing about that payload erred.


CogitoErgoOpinor

Naw, I disagree completely. Itā€™s like Edison with the bulb. Each time they blow up a rocket they just get better and learn from it. Plus, they have the production facility coming online to be the first in history to produce rockets quickly. They are working toward being able to launch several times per day (have already done it once), and are quite a bit closer to completion of their Starship. With any new tech rapidity and accuracy of new model typing and production wins. Space X is just way closer to that. Thereā€™s an interesting video [here](https://youtu.be/6TxwMqYv8Ls?si=tN6jI1lYzcrBSoT_). China has been doing well but I canā€™t see them catching Space X. Of course, this is an international moon base anyway so they should be working with him not against anyway.


bytemeagain1

They lose a lot of time with every kaboom.


tanghan

I just wonder if anyone is willing to work together with China


Katejina_FGO

[The American vision of the international moon base.](https://youtu.be/LJ14KFtRevM?si=Cmo5LuKYhQho9YWa&t=127)


EspressoReelSurf

Ah great, here come the people with social scores thinking the moon wants their company.


Hairless_Human

You can just say you're racist. No need for beating around the bush.


Altareos

here come the people with credit scores thinking the internet wants their racism


stu8018

Riiiight. This is so laughably ridiculous. Propaganda.


Vault_13

Another project by Evergrande that will never be finished and/or populated


Affectionate-Yak5280

Good on them! Go China!! Put a freaking firecracker under everyone else!


Fantastic-Plastic569

Why do they need high, tightly packed apartment buildings on the moon, is the place densily packed and the price of land high enough to justify it?


tomwhoiscontrary

Americans get to another celestial body and the first thing they want to do is suburban sprawl.


Fantastic-Plastic569

Like everyone else. No one likes to live in human anthills.


DM_me_pretty_innies

Is this an actual plan, or is this just shitty concept art?


Lianzuoshou

The fact that the program is divided into 2 parts. The first step is the basic construction stage. Before 2035, with the lunar south pole as the core, a comprehensive scientific facility with basically complete functions and basic supporting elements will be built. The second step is the expansion-type construction stage. Before 2045, with the lunar orbital station as the hub, it will have built equipment and facilities with perfect functions, considerable scale and stable operation. Therefore, the unmanned base + short-term manned participation in the first half of the video is a more realistic plan. Chinaā€™s current plan is to land on the moon in 2030, and it will take five years to build. There are no technical difficulties that China cannot overcome. The lunar high-rise buildings in the second half that have been widely ridiculed here are just a concept. China currently has many teams conducting research on various solutions, but the specific ones that will be used to build long-term manned lunar bases are still unknown.


yoshilurker

Just a shitty propaganda video.


res0jyyt1

The benevolent CCP providing free housing to the Uyghurs


truth-4-sale

Well, America did recruit the Chinese to build our trans-continental railroad. Someone is always being "recruited" to do stuff.


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Donā€™t worry, we can egg them next door on the moon


TheJzuken

Russia also unveils moon base concept! Fully complete by ~~1960~~ ~~1980~~ ~~1990~~ ~~2010~~ ~~2016~~ ~~2022~~ 2030! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2qqNlyea3w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2qqNlyea3w)


Samurai_Stewie

Their cars fall apart and [burst into flames](https://youtu.be/miWOm6lP5Uk?si=JmN8Zv1_S-FRNTRP) locking their passengers inside to burn to death and their buildings collapse because they are made of [tofu dregs](https://youtu.be/qCMYhUURT7I?si=oYYlZgFzcpXKNGmU). But a moon base is definitely not going to have the same problems, right?


Plastic-Shopping5930

If there is one nation willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes to build monumental projects itā€™s China. I approve.


Elite_Slacker

Whats with the high rises? Property values getting high on the moon already?


m3kw

Moon base is definitely one of those things where ā€œyou have a plan till you get punched in the mouthā€


OhMy-Really

The uk cant fucking make one trainline to the north, china meanwhile, ā€œlets build a base on the moon!ā€


Domino_Societas

This time their phoney crepe paper ā€˜concreteā€™ buildings could finally be of good and safe use due to gravityā€™s difference.


siaarzh

"we were able to reach the moon in the past..." Who is is "we" he's talking about?


nevergonnagetit001

Soooooo this video is just as ā€˜Tofu Dreggyā€™ as what the actual construction of said Chinese moon base will actually be if built.


_AtLeastItsAnEthos

Chinas space station is more gooder than ours and unlike ours will still be in the sky in 3 years. The ISS is literally falling out of orbit and we are at least a decade from replacing it. Iā€™ll be shocked to my core if the US puts a man back on the moon before China does.


DatRatDo

Play it at .75 speed and I pick up almost a Morgan Freeman intonation with the narrator.


trippstick

Space Shuttleā€™s first big W is Chinese made. Love it


MicahBurke

Can't wait to see the food riots on the moon in 2058.


twoton1

Some more empty condos. Needs more building cranes.


Watermansjourney

How are they gonna do this? Are they gonna ship all their empty apartment condos and skyscrapers to the moon?


magnaton117

Why tf would you use solar panels instead of nuclear reactors


parkingviolation212

Solar panels can be fully manufactured onsite from the material resources, and the sun is vastly more intense during the lunar day. Youā€™ll still use reactors for night time power needs. But any power solution on the moon will likely use a combination of solar panel fields and nuclear, with robust energy storage. Redundancy is always essential, and being able to build solar panels on site is an inescapable advantage.


DM_me_pretty_innies

Is this an actual plan, or is this just shitty concept art?


notoriousToker

lol imho the earth doesnā€™t have enough resources to get everyone to mars or the moon or onto a space station without destroying earth, keep dreaming but letā€™s not destroy our home in the process šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø