Altemus: US declared Moon strategic interest in 2018 to counter China
Steve Altemus · Shooting for the moon with Steve Altemus of Intuitive Machines · Dec 21, 2023 · at 7:27
Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus explains the federal policy shift in 2018 that prompted the company to pivot entirely into lunar lander development.
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“Where it turned, Guy, was in 2018 the National Security Council and the National Space Council declared that the moon was now of strategic interest. China was coming on strong, and the U.S. Needed to set the norms and behaviors of how we live in space. And work in space to be more peaceful and more civilian focused, and so they created a directive that said, let's return humans to the moon in a sustainable way, and that was in 2018.”
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