China 3-5 years from establishing ‘exclusion zones’ on the moon: Space policy advisor Greg Autry explains the new Cold War – By Andrew Chapados (The Blaze) / May 8, 2024
Entrepreneur and author Greg Autry said the Chinese government is incredibly close to setting up operations on the moon after the country successfully launched a lunar probe.
Autry, a space policy expert who has been touted as one of the key architects of U.S. space policy during the Trump administration, spoke to Blaze News about the commercialization of space during what he described as a second Cold War.
“I want people to understand we are not ‘militarizing’ space. We’ve been there all along.”
“The Cold War 2.0, which has clearly emerged whether you like it or not with the U.S. versus China/Russia, is very reminiscent of what drove us into space race 1.0,” Autry said. “Those same factors are playing out. Governmental space budgets in the U.S. in particular are increasing rapidly, the Space Force budget’s been increased by the Biden administration, more than double since Trump founded it. There’s money pouring in for a lot of different reasons,” Autry continued.
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