NASA has warned that China could be disguising secret military operations as civilian programs in an attempt to take over parts of the moon.
“We believe that a lot of their so-called civilian space program is a military program,” the space agency’s administrator Bill Nelson said. “And I think, in effect, we are in a race.”
Mr. Nelson spoke before a House Appropriations Committee in a budget hearing where he argued that NASA will require in excess of $25 billion, or roughly 0.4 percent of the entire U.S. government budget, to be able to compete in the race with China.
“China has made extraordinary strides, especially in the last 10 years. But they are very, very secretive.”...
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