NASA Warns China Trying To Take Over Moon

China’s National Space Administration might be planning a “takeover” of the Moon as part of its military space program, NASA’s administrator Bill Nelson has told the newspaper Bild.

“There is a new race to space – this time with China,” Nelson reportedly told the German outlet. “But Beijing’s plans go further: China is planning its own moon base – together with Russia!” the mag wrote.

“We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: ‘It’s ours now and you stay out,’” the U.S. space agency chief reportedly said. “China’s space program is a military space program.”