NASA CHIEF CLAIMS CHINA WANTS TO STAKE MOON FOR ITSELF

Sun 03 July 2022:

In an interview with the German news site Bild, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he is worried about China’s lunar missions because he thinks Beijing intends to claim the moon for itself.

Nelson said that everyone should be concerned about Chinese space development because one day Beijing is said to land on the moon and declare, “It’s ours now and you stay away.”

The NASA chief and former US politician went on to claim that Chinese lunar missions will be “military” ones, and that Beijing will use its moon base to study the possibility of shooting down other countries’ satellites.

While Nelson praised China’s overall progress in space exploration after sending several devices to the moon, he immediately tried to downplay the advances by claiming that they were based on technology Beijing allegedly “stole” from other countries.

The NASA chief did not elaborate on what countries he had in mind, nor did he offer any evidence to back up any of his claims.

China has stated that it plans to not only send astronauts to the moon by 2025, but also establish a foothold there by 2035, cooperating with Russia in that regard. The US has similar plans, which include the establishment of both a lunar base and a space station orbiting the Earth’s satellite. The latter could be used to refuel and launch spacecraft towards Mars, another destination in NASA’s crosshairs.

Notably, neither the US nor China have mentioned building a lunar outpost for military use, despite the fact that some US military initiatives seem to indicate attempts to militarize space are being made in clear violation of international treaties.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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