- NASA will no longer allow any Chinese national to contribute
- China and the United States participate in a new age space race
- A Chinese spy has carried out a spy campaign against American technological targets
NASA has confirmed that Chinese nationals are now prohibited from access to NASA assets and premises, and are no longer allowed to join its programs even if they have valid visas.
“NASA has taken internal measures concerning Chinese nationals, in particular by restricting physical access and cybersecurity to our facilities, materials and network to ensure the safety of our work,” said Bethany Stevens, press secretary.
From September 5, some people were suddenly excluded from their computer systems and were excluded from meetings in person. Although they do not work as staff, some previously worked as entrepreneurs or contributed to research as students, The guardian Reports.
Spatial race
Tensions are increasing between China and the United States, in particular given the discovery of a continuous spy campaign led by a double American / Chinese citizen in which the sensitive data has been exfiltrated.
NASA works in close collaboration with the American army, and the spy could have stolen information on the hardened by radiation cameras that the United States uses to send early warnings for missiles and hypersonic rockets, as well as the data of the sensors used by planes to confuse infrared infrared missiles.
The reports confirm that more than 3,600 documents have been downloaded by The Spy, from two electronics manufacturers. Geopolitical tensions have seen that the two states compete to develop faster, more efficient and more powerful technologies in almost all industries.
China and the United States are currently working to send teams to the moon, the American Artemis program aimed at landing in 2027 – although it has undergone delays.
“We are in a second space race at the moment,” the acting administrator of NASA, Sean Duffy said on Wednesday at a press conference on the discoveries made with an American rover on Mars.
“The Chinese want to come back to the moon before us. It will not happen. America has led into space in the past and we will continue to lead into space in the future. ”
