NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told members of the Air Force and Space Force that communist China will land on the moon, and it’s imperative that the United States return to the lunar surface first.
“You are witnessing a very energized NASA, and we will need to be, as we are in the midst of a very real second space race,” he said during his keynote address to the Air and Space Forces Association’s annual conference on Sept. 15. “China will accomplish what the Soviets never could.”
He told the Airmen and Guardians that communist China has demonstrated rocket reusability and developed a plan to land their astronauts—called taikonauts—with just two rocket launches, while NASA will need at least four to do the same. China also seeks to build a nuclear-powered moon base on the lunar south pole with the Russians. …