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April 16, 2021 (American Thinker) At a time when China is threatening America’s national security interests in space, why are U.S. federal agencies putting America’s leading advantage at risk?
That appears to be a concern the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee had in mind last week as it expressed disapproval of the Federal Aviation Administration’s refusal to enforce tight security standards among U.S. space contractors.
China seems to believe that it can defeat the U.S. militarily if it becomes an aerospace superpower. Last month, it took the unprecedented 21st-century steps of mining lunar rocks and creating a lunar space station with fellow American adversary Russia.
For all China’s feats in space, reliability remains its Achilles heel. The People’s Republic doesn’t appear capable of fully handling its new demanding launch schedule, which includes more than 40 orbital launches for 2021. After watching its first rocket failure in two years in 2019, the country has overseen plenty more explosions, including two in a month last year.
If the U.S. can’t top China’s ambitious launch goals, it needs to launch its own rockets with precision so it can keep up with the communist regime and fend off its
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