2023-08-21 20:17:18
By Maurin Picard
Posted 1 hour ago, Updated 1 hour ago
Americans and Chinese are aiming for the South Pole of the Earth satellite together. 124287777/Designpics – stock.adobe.com
China has replaced the defunct USSR in the conquest of space, and its progress in this area is fueling growing concern across the Atlantic.
After winning the first moon race in 1969, the United States is once again engaged in fierce competition to set foot on the night star, but the adversary has changed. China has replaced the defunct USSR in the conquest of space, and its progress in this area is fueling growing concern across the Atlantic. On January 1, the boss of NASA, Bill Nelson, warned against Chinese ambitions in space, and in particular on the Moon, in an interview for the magazine Politico : “We have to be careful that they don’t go somewhere on the Moon under the guise of scientific research. It’s not inconceivable that they then say ‘stay away, we’re here, this is our territory’.” And to add: ‘If you doubt it, look what they did to the Spratly Islands’this coral archipelago in the international waters of the South China Sea, whose once uninhabited islets Beijing has colonized and militarized.
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