Communist China Rejects NASA Accusation It Will Take Over the Moon

Over the past decade, Communist China has stepped up the pace of its space program, particularly its exploration of the moon. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) achieved the first uncrewed moon landing in 2013 and expects to launch a rocket to send astronauts to the moon by the end of the century.

“We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: ‘It’s ours now and you stay out,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told the German newspaper Bild on Saturday. The NASA chief said the CCP’s space program was a military one and that Communist China has stolen ideas and technology from other countries.

“This is not the first time that the head of the U.S. NASA has ignored the facts and spoken irresponsibly about China,” said Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Ministry.” The U.S. side has constantly constructed a smear against China’s normal and reasonable outer space endeavors, and China firmly opposes such irresponsible remarks.” He said the CCP has always advocated building a common future for humanity in outer space and opposed the weaponization of outer space and any arms race in space.

Under its Artemis program, NASA plans to send a crewed mission to orbit the moon in 2024 and make a crewed landing near the moon’s south pole by 2025. Communist China is planning to send an unmanned mission to the lunar south pole sometime this decade.