West Needs to Divest From China to Avoid Space Wars, Rocket Scientist Warns by Melanie Sun – US Politics News

A leading American rocket scientist says the United States and its like-minded allies still have an opportunity to cripple China’s rapid weaponization of space, which is reliant on ongoing foreign investment, to prevent a potential war breaking out in space.
However, that window of opportunity is closing.
Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, told a roundtable hosted by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on April 17, called “The Space Race Returns,” that the CCP has heavily invested in space over the last two decades.
After investing billions of dollars and years of effort, the CCP now has four to five times as many rockets, rocket launch sites, and space personnel as the United States, according to Mr. Bruno….