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    2. BraidRuner on

      There are no borders when you look at Earth from the stars. Science needs to function as a collaborative endeavour with shareable knowledge as the goal and end result. This is Earth and we are Humans.

    3. SilencedObserver on

      Because America is hiding and hoarding technology.

      Down with the USA. They are not a force of good.

    4. sevgonlernassau on

      R+20 voting demographic. I would say leopards but it’s the nonvoting new immigrants and students that’s most hurt by this action.

    9. connerhearmeroar on

      I’m actually shocked this wasn’t the case before? How would it be ok to potentially give away rocket designs to your enemies? No wonder China is so great at espionage

    10. OlympusMons94 on

      This is *mostly* a nothing burger, outside of some NASA-funded external student and contractor research positions that involve access to NASA facilities.

      US civil service jobs (i.e., working directly for NASA), and even most NASA intenrships, are generally restricted to US citizens. Separate from that, many positions at NASA, and most at NASA contractors, are ITAR controlled because of the techology involved, meaning those jobs are only available to US persons (citizens, green card holders, asylees) because of ITAR. NASA does have an [international internship program](https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/internship-programs/nasa-international-intern-opportunities-for-students/), but even that is restricted to a short whitelist of participating countries that does not include China. JPL, being a privately managed, federally funded facility owned by NASA [is more permissive](https://www.jpl.jobs/FAQ) (ITAR notwithstanding), but still, non-US persons working for JPL cannot be citizens of, or born in, a list of designated countries, which has long included the PRC.

    11. Nuclearsunburn on

      Definitely a politically left leaning centrist here but this is something that should have been done a while ago given China’s industrial espionage history. What other country lets foreign NATIONALS (not citizens of descent, actual nationals) work in industries pertaining to national security, unless they are directly hired as outside consultants, or are defectors?

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      |[ITAR](/r/Space/comments/1neec9f/stub/ndom4dy “Last usage”)|(US) International Traffic in Arms Regulations|
      |[JPL](/r/Space/comments/1neec9f/stub/ndom4dy “Last usage”)|Jet Propulsion Lab, California|
      |[Roscosmos](/r/Space/comments/1neec9f/stub/ndocjs7 “Last usage”)|[State Corporation for Space Activities, Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscosmos_State_Corporation)|

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