China’s communist regime is engaged in a campaign to illicitly co-opt U.S. space technologies, according to NASA’s highest-ranking official, who said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is adept at stealing the United States’ most vital technological secrets.
“Yeah, they’re pretty good at stealing,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said during a May 17 House Appropriations Committee hearing. “And I think that’s incumbent upon us to take cybersecurity very, very seriously.”
The comments were made in response to a line of questioning by ranking committee member Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), who noted the “jarring similarities” between space vehicles being developed between private U.S. companies and state-run Chinese organizations….