HEAD OF NASA SAYS CHINA IS HIDING MILITARY EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE

"WE BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THEIR SO-CALLED CIVILIAN SPACE PROGRAM IS A MILITARY PROGRAM."

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NASA's administrator is once again making outrageous claims about China's space capabilities — and in the process, fueling the off-world rivalry between the two.

"We believe that a lot of [China's] so-called civilian space program is a military program," Administrator Bill Nelson said during remarks on Capitol Hill this week, per The Guardian. "And I think, in effect, we are in a race."

The comments, as the website notes, came during a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee — which means that Nelson was making them while asking for money for NASA, which has requested a whopping $25.384 billion for its 2025 funding.

"China has made extraordinary strides, especially in the last 10 years," Nelson continued, "but they are very, very secretive."

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