Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 29, 2016It is weird that China's rockets are named 'Long March.' It would be like US rockets named 'Civil War' or Indian rockets named 'Partition'7617
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgrIt probably takes a shit ton of weaponized sacredness to name the crowning glory of your space program after your nation's birth trauma12:58 AM · Oct 29, 20161 Retweet6 Likes
Brian Sniffen@BrianSniffen·Oct 29, 2016Replying to @vgrI don’t think being a Minuteman was a fun experience either.4
@mwiik·Oct 29, 2016Replying to @vgrI recall the term but not details. Just reading about it, thinking maybe it's not about China so much as Mao (from Wikipedia)