NASA fears China controls the Moon

Recently, NASA warned that China may be preparing for a campaign to control the Moon in the coming years .

Mr. Bill Nelson, NASA Director, emphasized that China has shown extraordinary progress in the past decade not only for science, but also towards dominance on the Moon.

China plans to send humans to the Moon by 2030 and wants to establish a presence on the Moon within the next five years. (Photo: CAS).

The head of NASA even warned about the possibility that China could beat the US in the race to bring humans back to the Moon, expected to be deployed by NASA in 2026.

The NASA director believes that China will try to control most of the territory on the Moon, and use them for its own purposes. The country has also repeatedly revealed plans to establish a landing base on the Moon within the next 5 years.

"China has a good scientific and technical foundation, and now they aim to have a space station on the Moon ," Bill Nelson reminded.

Artist's idea of ​​a Chinese Moon landing. (Photo: DA).

NASA's director believes that they need more government funding to increase efforts and actual missions to send astronauts to space.

He affirmed that missions carried out by NASA will only focus on scientific purposes, such as predicting floods, droughts, forest fires. through informing countries to prevent and respond. timely response.

"China has invested heavily in both deep space exploration and low Earth orbit ," he said. "Funding is critical to ensuring America remains a world leader in space."

Bill Nelson compares the current context to the race between the US and the former Soviet Union in 1958. At that time, both powers competed to put the first man on the Moon, but to this day, the US is still the only country put his shoe prints on the surface of the Moon.