The New Space Race Is Here — And America Needs a Strategy

George Landrith

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As America’s adversaries make significant strides in their space programs, it has become abundantly clear that the United States needs a reliable space strategy to maintain its leadership on the global stage.

Without a coherent plan, its national security — both through military and diplomatic power — could be placed at severe risk.

China’s Stunning Progress

China’s steady march toward space supremacy is becoming a major concern for the US.

A recently published New York Times report highlighted the incredible advancements of China’s space program.

While other nations’ spaceflight plans have faced years of delays, it noted, China completed the assembly in orbit of its Tiangong space station “only 22 months later than planned.”

US Space Force staff director Lt. General Nina Armagno described this progress as “stunning – stunningly fast.”

More alarmingly, the 2022 State of the Space Industrial Base report warned that China could become the dominant nation in space as early as 2045.