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The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China's space program
One big question, will China assert territorial rights where its rover explores?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-united-states-is-about-to-wake-up-to-the-threat-from-chinas-space-program/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica "Many people will ask what the big deal is. After all, NASA won the space race to the Moon nearly six decades ago, when Apollo 11 landed there."
This is the only valid position. We're pretending to be in a space race that was already won.
"But others have a starkly different opinion."
Opinions are like assholes.
@arstechnica
Which also begs the question:
Will the US assert territorial rights where its rovers explore, whenever that happens?
Or, was that a fear mongering question, just for China?
@arstechnica Is China going to send masked troops into cities to shoot people and interfere with the elections?
@arstechnica what about real threats though
@arstechnica Begun the Moon War has.
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