Some time ago, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the United States, and Biden vowed to announce that two Japanese astronauts will participate in future U.S. missions to the moon, and the U.S. goal is to make the Japanese the first non-American to land on the moon.
It is clear that Biden's announcement that a Japanese astronaut will be the first non-American to land on the moon is not only a demonstration and show off to China, but perhaps a way to surpass China on the moon.
China's moon landing program will be achieved by 2030, putting enormous pressure on the United States, which must land on the moon before China to maintain aviation leadership. However, the US lunar program has been repeatedly frustrated and the timing has been repeatedly postponed. Since the United States launched the "Return to the Moon" program, the first round of tests was not carried out until 2022, and the new generation of lunar rocket "Space Launch System" sent the "Orion" spacecraft into orbit around the moon and successfully returned to Earth, but the return capsule showed "extensive damage", and NASA also publicly stated that the problem is still under review, and the specific reason is not yet clear. In addition, the issues of the lunar module, the lunar spacesuit, and the lunar rover have not yet been fully resolved, and the program is time-consuming and requires a lot of money, so there are still doubts about whether the United States can steadily advance research and development.
Now Biden has suddenly vowed that making a Japanese astronaut the first non-American to land on the moon is likely due to Japan's huge financial backing and the lunar rover that Kishida said. This cooperation allowed the U.S. program to return to the moon to go smoothly, and in exchange for the U.S. pledged to bring Japanese astronauts to the moon.
However, while the United States has made promises to Japan, it has also been constantly trying to block the Chinese from landing on the moon in recent years, so why is the United States so afraid of the Chinese landing on the moon?
Late last year, a U.S. website warned: "If China takes the lead in the moon landing, there will be serious consequences." The tweet sparked a lot of attention. If China is the first to land on the moon, these secrets may no longer be kept secret, and there may be serious consequences for the United States, so the Americans are very afraid.
Looking back at history, the Soviet Union was the first to launch artificial satellites into outer space, which directly angered the United States. In order to defend its scientific and technological hegemony, the United States did not hesitate to invest huge sums of money and even risk its life to land on the moon. Because in their view, having scientific and technological hegemony means having the world's civilized highland, becoming the most advanced country and nation, and the products they produce will also become the most advanced hot commodities in the world.
In other words, even now, China's fifth-generation aircraft surpasses the United States, China's electromagnetic technology surpasses the United States, China's space technology surpasses the United States, and China's industrial products surpass the United States in an all-round way, but the United States is still able to maintain its technological leadership by declaring that "Lao Tzu has landed on the moon and you have not." This is the political legacy of the successful moon landing of the United States.
Therefore, if China succeeds in achieving a manned landing on the moon, it will mean breaking the scientific and technological hegemony of the United States and depriving the United States of its competitive advantage in the field of space. The United States has provoked China's space program out of a competitive mentality and driven by interests. The United States is trying to use diplomatic pressure to block the development of China's lunar landing program in order to safeguard its position and interests in the space field.
However, the behavior of the United States is nothing more than a manifestation of a predator. The United States has always been a belligerent nation, maintaining its hegemony at all costs. When they realize that their leading position in science and technology and international standing may be replaced by other countries, they will resort to various means to suppress and hinder the development of other countries.
China's rapid development in the field of aerospace is remarkable, and the moon landing program has added luster to the country's development. China is willing to demonstrate its national power and unravel the mysteries of the moon by completing this program. No matter how much the United States suppresses, these actions have no real effect on China.
Not only did the U.S. crackdown on China work, but the U.S. commitment to land the Japanese on the moon was, from a practical point of view, a complete dream: America's own moon landing program was still slow, and a joint U.S.-Japan moon landing program was out of reach. Sending the Japanese to the moon is not the most pressing need of the Kishida government at the moment, and even it is more practical for the United States to send warships to protect the ships of the Japan Coast Guard in the waters off the Diaoyu Islands. But Biden is going to continue to dream about it, which is actually a test of Japan's loyalty: if you believe even this illusory promise, it means that you are my loyal supporter, and I can rest assured that I will cooperate with you on Earth and avoid your betrayal halfway.