China's government is investing billions of dollars in space systems and plans to dominate space to promote its communist system of government, according to a Pentagon study.
The report, based on a workshop involving industry, experts and Pentagon officials, is in part designed to promote what participants consider to be a "North Star" vision for America as leading human expansion into space beyond Earth.
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