A new report warns that China's rapid and unrelenting growth within the space sector will see the country overtake the U.S. in the "new space race" to become the world's leading space-faring nation in as little as "five or 10 years," experts say.
The stark warning comes less than two weeks after a Senate Commerce Committee hearing discussed the increasing likelihood of China beating the U.S. in a race to return humans to the moon. During these talks, former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told senators that "it is highly unlikely the United States will beat China's projected timeline," unless the recent record-breaking cuts to NASA's budget are reversed.
