NASA Administrator Bill Nelson recently expressed concerns over China's aims in space, and in particular, that China would, in some way, claim ownership over the Moon and stop other countries from exploring it.
Even if no country can legally claim sovereignty over the Moon, it is possible that China, or any other country, would attempt to gradually establish de facto control over strategically important areas through a strategy known as"This practice involves taking small, incremental steps to achieve a big change: Individually, those steps do not warrant a strong
response, but their cumulative effect adds up to significant developments and increased control. China has recently been using this strategyWith a surface area of nearly 14.6 million square miles – orMore plausibly, China could attempt to secure control of specific lunar areas that are strategically valuable, such as lunar craters with higher concentrations of
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