NASA warns about China's moon takeover being a militarized activity. However, the Chinese government claims that the accusation is not, in any sense, true.
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Military soldiers stand guard as the Shenzhou VI spacecraft, sitting atop of the LM-2F carrier rocket, is moved towards the launching pad in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on October 7, 2005 in Jiuquan of Gansu Province, northwest China.
The international space agency shared this speculation as China enhances its space missions. Ever since the commercial space industry boomed, the Asian country began improving its space programs.
As of writing, one of the priorities of China is to further study Earth's natural satellite, the moon. But, it seems like the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is seeing the space efforts of China differently.
NASA Warns About China Moon Takeover Being Military Plan!
According to DailyWire's latest report, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson claimed that China is planning to conduct a militarized moon takeover.
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Audience members take photos of a screen showing a video about China's Chang'e-5 moon probe at an event announcing details of international access to lunar samples collected by the probe, in Beijing on January 18, 2021.
"We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: 'It's ours now and you stay out,'" said the NASA official via NBC News.
He added that China's space program is actually a military one. Nelson even claimed that the Chinese government copied some space mission ideas from other countries.
As of press time, China is still conducting major activities on the moon. Previously, some Chinese space experts found signs of water after acquiring samples from the heavenly body's lava plain.
Since the space missions of China on the moon are clearly for scientific benefits, it is still hard to conclude that it will conduct a major moon takeover.
China Rejects NASA's Accusation?
Of course, the Chinese government rejected the accusation made by NASA. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, said that it is not the first time that the international space agency made accused China irresponsibly.
He said that the U.S. space union has ignored facts in the past to make such claims against their space programs.
Lijian reiterated that they firmly oppos NASA's remarks since the agency has constantly create negative campaigns against their reasonable and normal space activities.
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Recently, China's Sky Eye telescope reportedly has the potential of detecting suspicious space signals.
Meanwhile, China's space-based solar power system was tested.
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