Palmer Luckey says China made a massive strategic mistake by shutting out American tech giants… and argues the U.S. should take full advantage of it 🇺🇸🇨🇳 “China tricked all of our tech companies and media companies into believing that China was this revenue opportunity. They basically caused our technology innovation economy to decouple from our government, our country, and our national responsibilities. What they should have done was actually give them a slice of the Chinese pie. They should’ve let Facebook in, given them some money, and then a little more and a little more to keep them on the line. But instead, they eventually said, ‘Ha ha, we tricked you. We’re not going to allow you in, and we’re going to subsidize ByteDance and TikTok to take over your entire social media industry.’ That was when American tech companies realized China was not their friend. We should take advantage of this mistake to the fullest.”

63 years ago today, Félicette became the first cat to travel to space and safely return. On October 18, 1963, she took off on a French rocket from the Algerian Sahara. Her flight lasted about 13 minutes, and she reached an altitude of over 150 kilometers. Here's archival footage of her training, launch, and return to Earth.