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Trillion-Dollar Push Needed to Avoid ‘Space Pearl Harbor’: Expert

Trillion-Dollar Push Needed to Avoid ‘Space Pearl Harbor’: Expert
A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Crew Dragon capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on May 30, 2020. David J. Phillip/AP Photo
Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
Senior Editor
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Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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The United States needs to invest a trillion dollars in space technology over the next decade, according to one analyst, to avoid a “space Pearl Harbor” at the hands of Russia or China.

China also is working toward “space mining” for the rare earth metals that are vital to the tech race with the United States, according to Brandon Weichert, author of the recently published book, “Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower.”

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”
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