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Space Race 2 · Commentary - TJ Meadows

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  Speaker 1: NASA's Artemis two not just a mission and inspiration, a
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  Speaker 1: spark in a country that could use one, But it
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  Speaker 1: ought to be something else too, a wake up call, because,
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  Speaker 1: whether we want to admit it or not, we are
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  Speaker 1: in another space race, and this one is with China. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if that sounds familiar, it should. We've been here before.
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  Speaker 1: The Soviets beat us first, first satellite, first man in space,
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  Speaker 1: and those losses they stung. They forced us to get serious.
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  Speaker 1: No American wanted to look up at the Moon and
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  Speaker 1: see a red flag flying overhead. And yet here we
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  Speaker 1: are again, because in many ways China is ahead. They've
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  Speaker 1: already landed robotically on the far side of the Moon,
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  Speaker 1: retrieved samples, and returned them to Earth. China says they'll
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  Speaker 1: put astronauts on the Moon by twenty thirty. NASA says
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  Speaker 1: we'll get there by twenty twenty eight. But even NASA's
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  Speaker 1: own leadership is sounding the alarm. They may be early,
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  Speaker 1: we may be late, and history suggest that matters. That
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  Speaker 1: from NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. And it's not just about
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  Speaker 1: getting there first, it's about staying. And the nation that
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  Speaker 1: stays sets the rules, writes the future controls the frontier,
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  Speaker 1: So yes, it matters. It matters if China wins. Space
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  Speaker 1: is not just about exploration. It's about power, about resources,
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  Speaker 1: about technology, about who leads and who follows. And if
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  Speaker 1: we lose that edge, it won't just show up on
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  Speaker 1: the moon. It'll show up here at home, in our economy,
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  Speaker 1: in our influence, even in the strength of the dollar.
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  Speaker 1: You can see how it builds. So the next time
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  Speaker 1: someone says, why does it matter, you'll know the answer.
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  Speaker 1: It mattered then, it matters now, and it always will.
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  Speaker 1: The only acceptable outcome victory, godspeed,