PowerLine by Paul Mirengoff 12/30/2021
Red China is unhappy with Elon Musk. His SpaceX satellites supposedly are threatening the safety of China’s space station.
China has complained to the United Nations about two “close encounters” this year between SpaceX’s Starlink satellites and China’s space station. In addition, it is calling for a boycott of Tesla.
According to the Washington Post, Musk has long been considered a hero in China. Tesla even received official approval to operate its Shanghai factory without a Chinese partner, which is very rare in China.
But now he’s an enemy of the state.
I understand why, and it’s not primarily about the safety of a space station. China is fighting a cold (for now) war in space. Bill Gertz describes this in his book Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China’s Drive for Global Supremacy.
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