A full Moon is seen behind the Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. Cory Huston/NASA via AP
The United States is at risk of losing to communist China in the new space race because the United States and its commercial and international partners lack a unified grand strategy and optimized architecture to succeed, experts warned the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Sept. 3.
“It is clear to me that the Chinese Communist Party is already employing its own integrated grand strategy for the Earth-Moon system, with only superficial distinction between civil, commercial, and national security activities, and all focused on a common purpose,” said Lt. Gen. John E. Shaw (Ret.), former Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Command.
