NASA renders the "Sino-US space race", China has previously criticized the US for sticking to the Cold War mentality

NASA director exaggerates the "Sino-US space race", China has previously criticized the US for sticking to the Cold War mentality

　　[Global Times special correspondent in Germany Aoki Global Times reports reporter Wu Yuanchun] "The Chinese want to occupy the moon!" The German "Bild" reported on the 2nd with this sensational headline that the United States is not the only one who hopes to send astronauts to the moon again. Nelson, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), publicly exaggerated the so-called "China space threat theory" in an interview with Bild, saying: "There is a new space race - this time the opponent is China."

　　NASA's latest cohort of astronauts is reportedly scheduled to travel to the moon in 2025 -- and it will include a woman.

But the report said that Beijing's plan goes further, China is planning to build its own moon base, and it is together with Russia.

If it can be done in 2035, Chinese astronauts will be able to conduct experiments on the moon from 2036.

"China could land on the moon and say, 'Now it's ours, don't come here,'" Nelson said in an interview. "We should be worried about that."

　　In addition, Nelson also claimed that China's space program is a "military space program."

When asked what military goals China might pursue in space, Nelson rhetorically asked: "What do you think the mission of the Chinese space station will be? They're there to learn how to destroy other people's satellites." He also smeared China for "stealing" technology, Claims that "China is really good. But it's also because they stole other people's ideas and technology".

　　Bild also specifically mentioned at the end of the article that NASA is planning to return to the moon in close cooperation with the European Space Agency.

According to the report, through the Artemis program, the two sides intend to send the first unmanned "Orion" capsule to orbit the moon this summer.

By 2025, the first female astronaut and the first astronaut of color are expected to land on the moon.

Further plans of the two sides also include the construction of a "Lunar Gateway" space station in lunar orbit.

　　The exclusive interview of the NASA director has attracted the attention of German mainstream media such as Deutsche Presse Presse and Focus Weekly. These media talked about China's realization of a series of landmarks such as lunar rover exploration of the far side of the moon, unmanned probe soft landing on Mars, and lunar sampling return. At the same time as the achievements, it also exaggerated the "China space threat theory".

　　This is not the first time that the NASA administrator has played up the "space race" between China and the United States, accusing the so-called China of "stealing" technology.

According to previous reports from the US "Space Policy Online" and other websites, at the hearing of the US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on May 17, Nelson, who was eager for money, made a big statement, claiming that China and the United States have entered the era of space race, and China is very good at "stealing" the United States. aerospace technology.

Some experts in the Chinese aerospace field commented on this in an interview with a reporter from the Global Times at that time, saying that the level of this NASA administrator is really average and the pattern is lower.

Deng Yulin, an academician of the International Academy of Astronautics, believes that Nelson's rendering of the "Sino-US space race" is on the one hand for the "money bag", on the other hand, it is also because China's aerospace development is too fast, and several large-scale space programs have a high success rate and strong innovation. , prominent features, the United States obviously felt the pressure.

　　Regarding the U.S. repeatedly exaggerating the so-called "outer space threat" from China in disregard of the facts, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian once pointed out that the essence is to create an excuse for the U.S. to develop its own military power and seek hegemony in outer space. Another performance.

The U.S. government should earnestly shoulder its due responsibilities as a major power and review its own series of negative actions in the outer space field.

The U.S. side should stop promoting the so-called "China threat theory in outer space", stop blocking the negotiation process of legal instruments on outer space control, and make due contributions to maintaining lasting peace and security in outer space.