Space Force needs S&T funding to compete with China’s space efforts

By Shelley K. Mesch / April 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Space Force will need to secure more funding for early-stage developments that have the potential to fail if the U.S. hopes to remain competitive with China in future space capabilities, the service's top officer said today. The U.S. has to “fight the urge to stay in the present” when coming to funding decisions, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today and instead look over the horizon to technologies that are...

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