America First' on the moon? US must 'dominate' in space, acting NASA chief says during lunar landing

[Admin]

Acting NASA administrator made the comments just before Firefly Aerospace's private Blue Ghost 1 landed on the moon for the agency.

America First' on the moon? US must 'dominate' in space, acting NASA chief says during lunar landing : Read more

 

[Ken Fabian]

Not convinced those are good reasons (but as not-American, is not up to me), although demonstrations of technological superiority for the sake of national pride can drive popular opinion (and budgets) - just not in any informed way. It does echo the long running US military "all theater domination" doctrine but the moon has no strategic importance; nearer to Earth is where space really matters.

 

[newtons_laws]

Whilst I think nobody would quibble with the idea that the US has been and should continue to be a leader in Space exploration the acting NASA administrator's choice to use the words "dominate" and "domination" with their military related connotations rather than "lead" and "leadership" does seem to signal a change in emphasis.