25 March 2019
Jacqueline Klimas of POLITICO interviewed Rep. Rick Larsen, a member of the U.S. House Comittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, one of the standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. To her question whether US politicians understand the Chinese space threat, he answered: "I don’t think a lot of folks have a full understanding of the Chinese space program. Some of it is a threat, some of it is not. ... I think having a better understanding of the Chinese space program gives you an understanding of what the Chinese threat is. One thing I have concluded is the attempts in the late '90s to try to prevent China from growing its space program failed miserably. So the focus on trying to stop China from doing something perhaps diverted us from investing in the things we could do better."
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