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In the past two days, there is an incident that has attracted the attention of everyone, that is, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which has repeatedly asked our Chinese Space Administration for data from the Tianwen-1 Mars probe. Earlier, according to Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar exploration project, NASA has recently called the Chinese side several times, asking the Chinese side to provide the US side with the orbit data of the Tianwen-1 Mars rover, but it did not mention what kind of data the United States intends to exchange, not to talk about cooperation, as long as the data. For this "ridiculous and ridiculous" behavior of the United States, Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar exploration project, gave a resolute positive reply: Unless the United States first provides data and shows sincerity, China will provide corresponding data to the United States. The final result of this matter was temporarily ended by NASA's initiative to provide data and exchange Chinese data, but what was unexpected was that after this incident was exposed, NASA once again attracted attention because it took the initiative to find the Chinese Space Agency and ask for data to violate the law.
In the current laws and regulations of the United States, any form of exchange and cooperation with the Chinese Space Administration is explicitly prohibited, that is, unless NASA obtains the approval of President Biden or the US Congress, otherwise it is indeed illegal to ask for data in the United States. After the relevant news was exposed, some scrambled NASA quickly issued a statement, saying that it is currently carrying out exchanges and cooperation with China on issues related to Mars probes. The implication is that the request for data and communication is officially authorized by the United States, not a decision by NASA to make a claim, regardless of how to clear the responsibility first.
Interestingly, on March 23, ACTING NASA Director Jurchik had just assured the U.S. Congress that it would not allow critical data and information to leak and flow into foreign hands. But now it appears that NASA has exchanged its own Mars exploration data with data from our China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe, which is clearly inconsistent with Yurchik's assurances to Congress. Will the U.S. Congress turn a blind eye to this? Or is there some substantial tracing measures to be taken? At present, there is no clear signal.
The bill prohibiting NASA from any exchanges and cooperation with China is called the Wolf Clause, which is the law of the United States House of Representatives Frank. Wolff proposed it in April 2011 and was eventually approved for adoption. The bill explicitly prohibits any joint scientific research activities related to NASA between China and the United States, and prohibits all NASA facilities from receiving any "visitors from China" on the grounds of "counter-espionage." The Wolf Clause has continued and is still in use since its enactment, and this time NASA asked China for data, and if it is not approved by President Biden or the US Congress in advance, it will obviously be punished for the existence of the Wolf Clause.
Wu Weiren, chief engineer of China's lunar exploration project, said when talking about this matter that NASA's uninvited and voluntary door-to-door data is precisely because of the "excessive attention" caused by the lack of understanding of China's aerospace science and technology, which is a vivid example of our China's scientific and technological power. The only option for Americans to come to China for data to achieve their goals when they don't know what is going on, and there will be more similar situations in the future.