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China quietly tested its first inflatable space module in orbit (spacenews.com)
submitted 5 hours ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works
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[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Wth does "quietly tested" even mean lol

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 minutes ago

that western media didn't pick it up

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think that they didn't announce it at the time of. We learned of the test only from a recent statement, several weeks after the mission took place.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Yep. Why boast about stuff when you can simply experiment and learn.