The State Department's 25-page document details a “strategic framework for space diplomacy,” intended to ensure American leadership in space at a time when China is rising as a space power and the number of countries with space programs is growing.
to the moon but establish a permanent presence there. In addition to working with traditional allies, such as Canada and France, NASA is also working with countries seeking to build up their space programs, such as the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria and Rwanda.The State Department initiative to deepen those alliances comes at a time when new technologies developed by a growingspace sector are changing the way space is used in everyday life and in warfare.
Space systems, the State Department framework says, also play an important role in military actions such as “monitoring of arms control treaty compliance” and providing “evidence of war crimes and human rights violations.
antisatellite tests that result in littering Earth orbit with dangerous debris, after Russia blew up a dead satellite in 2021.And the federal government has been increasingly concerned with Chinese ambitions in space. In recent years, China has landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon and a rover on Mars, and has assembled a space station in low Earth orbit at a time when the International Space Station is aging and is expected to be replaced by 2030.
China’s intention to send astronauts to the moon has alarmed NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, who has said the United States is now in a space race with China. “If you let China get there first, what’s to stop them from saying, ‘We are here. This is our area. You stay out,’” he said at a recenton Capitol Hill. “That is why I think it is important for us to get there on an international mission and establish the rules of the road.
The rise of China would play a significant role in the diplomatic effort, Fernandez said. “The fact of the matter is that the PRC has demonstrated significant space capabilities in really a relatively short time,” he said, using the acronym for the People’s Republic of China. “That is exactly why we need to make sure that the PRC and any space actor act with a transparency that is required.
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