Will China Shoot Down Explorers to the Moon?
by Gordon G. Chang • July 19, 2022 at 5:00 am
"We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: 'It's ours now and you stay out,'" — Bill Nelson, NASA administrator, interview with Bild, July 2, 2022.
The Chinese have made it clear that, if they get there [to the moon] first, they will shoot down visitors.
"Many are beginning to wonder if China will soon do to the moon and the rest of space that which it has done to the South and East China Seas, Taiwan, and northern India: claim them as sovereign." — Brandon Weichert, author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower, to Gatestone, July 6, 2022.
Unfortunately, President Joe Biden has no apparent interest in getting to the moon. Only Elon Musk, with his Starship effort, is developing the means to compete with the Chinese.
"We are in a second moon race, this time it's for keeps. Whoever gets to the moon with the mostest gets to keep the moon, and the United States is lagging." — Richard Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center, on John Batchelor 's CBS Eye on the World radio program, July 6, 2022.
"This is not the first time that the NASA administrator has lashed out at China in disregard of facts," said Zhao Lijian, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, at his July 4 regular press briefing. "Some U.S. officials have spoken irresponsibly to misrepresent the normal and legitimate space endeavors of China. China firmly rejects such remarks."
Zhao, known for rabid anti-Americanism, was reacting to attention-grabbing comments of NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: 'It's ours now and you stay out,'" Nelson told German newspaper Bild in an interview published July 2.
Nelson has every right to be concerned. America may have to go to war with China if it even wants to land on the moon. The Chinese have made it clear that, if they get there first, they will shoot down visitors.
