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		jacquesm on Oct 17, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: China's Shenzhou 11 blasts off on space station mi... What does being 'rated' mean in this context, do the Chinese and American entities building spacecraft use uniform criteria for these ratings? Or is it simply what gets built and stamped that way by local varieties?

baq on Oct 17, 2016 [–]

technically it's the stamps. practically, no stamps means nobody goes to space.

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