US needs nuclear spacecraft to compete with China, NASA official says

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1. NASA and U.S. aerospace experts urged Congress on Wednesday to invest more quickly and heavily in development of nuclear-powered spacecraft Wednesday to stay ahead of such competitors as China.

The space agency believes spacecraft powered by a nuclear thermal rocket reach Mars in just three to four months, which is about half the time required by traditional, liquid propellant rockets.

"Strategic competitors including China are aggressively investing in a wide range of space technologies, including nuclear power and propulsion," Bhavya Lal, NASA's senior advisor for budget and finance, said during a congressional committee hearing Wednesday morning.

"The United States needs to move at a fast pace to stay competitive and to remain a leader in the global space community," Lal said.

The hearing occurred before the U.S. House of Representatives Science Space and Technology Committee. Experts delivered testimony even as reports emerged that China had tested an orbital rocket to deliver potential nuclear weapons at supersonic speeds....

"If the United States is serious about leading in a human mission to Mars, we have no time to lose," said U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., who chairs the committee….

Source: https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/...ompete_with_China_NASA_official_says_999.html

2. It seems that the testing of a spacecraft by China in August 2021 has marked the second "Sputnik moment" for America. What a shame! Unlike the first "Sputnik moment", this time the white supremacists are worried about losing the space race to non-Caucasians. The success of Bartolomeu Dias, a Portuguese mariner and explorer, to become the first European navigator to sail round the southern tip of Africa in 1488, marked the beginning of white supremacy up to the 20th century. Since then, white supremacists regard non-Caucasians either as Red Indians or the uncivilized natives in Daniel Defoe’s novel, Robinson Crusoe.

There is no need for the US military and politicians to make a big fuss out of China's spacecraft test. They just wait for the political comeback of the self-declared "Messiah" ex-president in 2024 to "Make America Great Again (MAGA)" by performing the miracle of venturing out to space (perhaps on a flying carpet) in lightning speed. :)

Additional Reference:

https://www.space.com/10437-sputnik-moment.html

https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/sputnik+moment.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias

https://www.owleyes.org/text/robinson-crusoe/analysis/historical-context

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/donald-trump-king-of-israel

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-...m-the-second-coming-of-god-to-jews-in-israel/

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progr...chosen-one-claims-to-be-second-coming-of-god/
 
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