NASA chief warns of Chinese military presence in space

China has military presence in space, warns Nasa chief

The Nasa chief cautioned the American lawmakers that "very, very secretive China" might get to the moon first and asked them to "keep out". He also asked the US to stay vigilant of China trying to veil its military space programs using civilian ones.

NASA chief says 'secretive' China is hiding military projects in space

NASA administrator Bill Nelson has told a US budget committee it is "incumbent" on the US to get to the moon before China plans to.

China masking military space programmes as civilian, says Nasa chief

Both US and China are planning to put boots on the Moon within this decade

NASA chief warns US lawmakers of China’s military presence in space

NASA chief warns of China's secretive space militarisation, urges accelerated moon mission

The chief of US space agency NASA has told lawmakers in Washington that China is using civilian programmes to hide military objectives in space. "China has made extraordinary strides [in space] especially in the last 10 years, but they are very, very secretive," Bill Nelson told the appropriations committee of the US House of Representatives as he testified on the US space agency's 2025 budget request. "We believe that a lot of their so-called

US space agency head Bill Nelson told Congress Wednesday that China is using civilian programmes to hide military targets in space, the DPA reported.