https://www.newsweek.com/china-take-over...ce-1721493
EXCERPTS: Speaking to German newspaper Bild on Saturday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, who was sworn in as head of NASA in May last year, said there was a "new race to space" between the U.S. and China—a reference to the previous space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union between the 1950 and 70s.
[...] Nelson told Bild on Saturday, translated from German: "We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: 'It's ours now and you stay out.'"
However, Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, hit back at the remarks during a ministry press conference on Monday. "This is not the first time that the NASA administrator has lashed out at China in disregard of facts," Lijian said. "Some U.S. officials have spoken irresponsibly to misrepresent the normal and legitimate space endeavors of China. China firmly rejects such remarks."
Lijian went on to accuse the U.S. of having "defined space as a war-fighting domain" and said it had "obstructed space cooperation, willfully imposed sanctions on space agencies of other countries, and passed legislation to prohibit all forms of space cooperation and exchanges with China."
Nelson's comments also stoked the ire of China's Global Times state news outlet, which published a report in which Nelson was referred to as "colonial-minded"... (MORE - missing details)
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EXCERPTS: Speaking to German newspaper Bild on Saturday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, who was sworn in as head of NASA in May last year, said there was a "new race to space" between the U.S. and China—a reference to the previous space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union between the 1950 and 70s.
[...] Nelson told Bild on Saturday, translated from German: "We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: 'It's ours now and you stay out.'"
However, Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, hit back at the remarks during a ministry press conference on Monday. "This is not the first time that the NASA administrator has lashed out at China in disregard of facts," Lijian said. "Some U.S. officials have spoken irresponsibly to misrepresent the normal and legitimate space endeavors of China. China firmly rejects such remarks."
Lijian went on to accuse the U.S. of having "defined space as a war-fighting domain" and said it had "obstructed space cooperation, willfully imposed sanctions on space agencies of other countries, and passed legislation to prohibit all forms of space cooperation and exchanges with China."
Nelson's comments also stoked the ire of China's Global Times state news outlet, which published a report in which Nelson was referred to as "colonial-minded"... (MORE - missing details)
VIDEOS:
• How China space program discovered water source on Moon!
• How China will beat SpaceX and NASA to Mars!
10 China space world records no one can beat! ... https://youtu.be/r-eRhcKN8c8