Brandon J. Weichert
Experts warned in a congressional hearing last week that China was trying to build a “vertically integrated space ecosystem” to displace America’s prime position in orbit.
On December 4, a meeting of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, which is part of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, was held. That meeting involved experts, such as Clayton Swope, the deputy director of the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
In that ignored meeting, Swope outlined how the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was rapidly advancing toward a significant space program—with a comprehensive grand strategy for space dominance.
According to Swope, the PRC is building a “vertically integrated space ecosystem” that is meant to both rival the capabilities of the United States and outpace the Americans with a whole-of-society approach to space in China.
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