Former NASA chief sounds alarm on China's lunar "exploration" plans
In a forthcoming memoir, former US politician and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson offers a blistering assessment of China, saying the United States must do all it can to retain its leadership in space exploration.
"Beijing's intended strategy is to dominate the high ground of the twenty-first century," writes Nelson in Space Odyssey , a book to be published by Harper Horizon in January 2027.
A former Congressman and Senator from Florida, Nelson served as a mission specialist on a space shuttle flight in 1986 and later as NASA administrator from May 2021 to January 2025 under President Biden.
The book largely focuses on his space policy work in Congress and his tenure as NASA's leader.
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