Dr. Aaron Bateman was interviewed by the Associated Press for an article examining the foreign policy implications of NASA’s Artemis program. The article analyzes the accelerating space race between the United States, China, and their respective partners.
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“Space is going to be an arena of competition on the prestige front, demonstrating advanced technical expertise and know-how, and then also on the military front as well.”
Dr. Aaron Bateman for the Associated Press
“People who are supportive of Artemis and people who see it as a tool of competition, they want the United States to be at the table in shaping the future of exploration on other celestial bodies.”
Dr. Aaron Bateman for the Associated Press
“I don’t think it’s at all by coincidence or happenstance that it is now in this period of what people are claiming is renewed great-power competition that the United States is actually investing the resources to go back. Time will tell if this turns into a sustained program.”
Dr. Aaron Bateman for the Associated Press
