- NASA will no longer allow any Chinese citizen to contribute
- China and the United States are competing in a new space race
- A Chinese spy carried out a espionage campaign against US technological objectives
NASA has confirmed that Chinese citizens are now prohibited from accessing NASA’s assets and premises, and they are no longer allowed to join their programs, even if they have valid visas.
“NASA has taken internal measures related to Chinese citizens, including the restriction of physical and cybersecurity access to our facilities, materials and networks to guarantee the safety of our work,” said press secretary Bethany Stevens.
As of September 5, some people were suddenly closed from their IT systems and were blocked from meetings in person. Although they were not working as staff, some had previously been working as contractors or contributing to research as students, The guardian information.
Space race
Tensions are increasing between China and the United States, especially given the discovery of a continuous espionage campaign made by a double American/Chinese citizen in which confidential data was exfiltrated.
NASA works in close collaboration with the US Army., And the spy was supposed to steal information about radiation hardened cameras that the United States uses to send early warnings for missiles and hypersonic rockets, as well as sensor data used by airplanes to confuse infrared heat search missiles.
The reports confirm that the spy downloaded more than 3,600 documents, from two electronic manufacturers. Geopolitical tensions have seen the two states compete to develop faster, more efficient and more powerful technologies in almost all industries.
Both China and the United States are currently working to send teams to the Moon, with the Artemis program of the United States with the aim of a 2027 landing, although it has experienced delays.
“We are in a second space race at this time,” NASA’s interim administrator said Wednesday, Sean Duffy, at a press conference on discoveries with an American rover in Mars.
“The Chinese want to return to the moon before us. That will not happen. The United States has led in space in the past and we will continue to lead the space in the future.”
