Obama Moves to Counter China in Space With Pentagon-NASA Link

Demian McLean
Bloomberg
Friday, Jan 2, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between the U.S.’s civilian and military space programs to speed up a mission to the moon amid the prospect of a new space race with China.

Obama’s transition team is considering a collaboration between the Defense Department and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration because military rockets may be cheaper and ready sooner than the space agency’s planned launch vehicle, which isn’t slated to fly until 2015, according to people who’ve discussed the idea with the Obama team.

The potential change comes as Pentagon concerns are rising over China’s space ambitions because of what is perceived as an eventual threat to U.S. defense satellites, the lofty battlefield eyes of the military.

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“The Obama administration will have all those issues on the table,” said Neal Lane, who served as President Bill Clinton’s science adviser and wrote recently that Obama must make early decisions critical to retaining U.S. space dominance. “The foreign affairs and national security implications have to be considered.”

China, which destroyed one of its aging satellites in a surprise missile test in 2007, is making strides in its spaceflight program. The military-run effort carried out a first spacewalk in September and aims to land a robotic rover on the moon in 2012, with a human mission several years later.

A Level of Proficiency

“If China puts a man on the moon, that in itself isn’t necessarily a threat to the U.S.,” said Dean Cheng, a senior Asia analyst with CNA Corp., an Alexandria, Virginia-based national-security research firm. “But it would suggest that China had reached a level of proficiency in space comparable to that of the United States.”

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10 Responses to “Obama Moves to Counter China in Space With Pentagon-NASA Link”

JC Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 am
Uhh, wait, a space race with the main country you lend money from? That’s…ironic. Space missions cost incredibly much, it just feels like they absolutely want to waste as much money they can..

It’s like burning down the place you work because you’ll be fired soon.
M.N Punk Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:27 am
Gotta spend that $8.5 trillion (at time of writing!!) on something!
Darth Chaos Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:17 am
They’re using outer space as a cover for implementing their satellite control grid. The human race will never leave the confines of Earth.
.DJ.O.R.B. Says:
January 3rd, 2009 at 6:21 am
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Phil Says:
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:08 am
Lets consider this

The last damocrat to occupy the White House committed HIGH TREASON, by allowing sensitive missle guidance tech to China. In addition he also allowed super computer techs to be transferred (which can be used to imporve nuke yield)

Now We are about to install someone who makes Slick Willy look amish .

Tis Time to Put your Heads Between Your Legs and kiss You Know What Bye-Bye
A Patriot Says:
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Hmm… break down the barriers between NASA and DoD – now that’s funny!
william b travis Says:
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
the people that got us to the moon are either dead or retired
the people that work for nasa now are just taking up a chair
and drawing a pay check. america is not ready for a new space
race. the future of space exploring will be in the hands of india
the us does not have the brain power
Paul Battis Says:
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:05 pm
The moon? Yeah I don’t think so.
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January 17th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Addressed to .DJ.O.R.B.

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