House Chairman Urges 10-Instrument Space Push Against China Competition
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 23
House Chairman Urges 10-Instrument Space Push Against China Competition
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 23
Summary
House Science Committee Chairman Brian Babin called for policy changes to help U.S. commercial space companies innovate faster as China expands its ambitions beyond Earth.
Federal rules on testing, licensing and deployment are a key pressure point, he said, urging Congress to remove outdated requirements and improve coordination across agencies.
Texas-based lunar missions were his proof point: Intuitive Machines' Odysseus became the first U.S. Moon landing in more than 50 years in 2024, and Firefly's Blue Ghost later delivered 10 NASA instruments.
Babin argued NASA-commercial partnerships such as the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program are building a lunar industry that could support a return to the Moon and eventual missions to Mars.