The United States is at risk of losing to communist China in the new space race, experts warned the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Sept. 3, and said this is because the United States and its commercial and international partners lack a unified grand strategy and optimized architecture to succeed.
“It is clear to me that the Chinese Communist Party is already employing its own integrated grand strategy for the Earth-Moon system, with only superficial distinction between civil, commercial, and national security activities, and all focused on a common purpose,” said Lt. Gen. John E. Shaw (Ret.), former Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Command.
