Commentary
In a recent Politico interview, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) administrator Bill Nelson warned readers that this space race is fraught with danger.
For example, if China gets “to a place on the moon under the guise of scientific research,” he said, “it is not beyond the realm of possibility that they say, ‘Keep out, we’re here, this is our territory.’”
In December, U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, also sounded the alarm on China’s space ambitions. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), he warned, believes that “space is a very important piece to not only their economic or the global economic environment, but also the military environment.” That is why “we continue to watch that very closely as they continue to increase capabilities.” One wonders if Dickinson and his colleagues are watching the continent of Africa closely….