HOUSE SS&T SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON CHINA’S SPACE PROGRAM, December 2025

The Space and Aeronautics subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology (HSS&T) Committee held a hearing on December 4, 2025 on China’s space program and ensuring U.S. leadership in space.

The following witnesses testified at the hearing on “Strategic Trajectories: Assessing China’s Space Rise and the Risks to U.S. Leadership”:

• Dean Cheng, Senior Fellow, The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
• Clayton Swope, Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Patrick Besha, Founder, Global Space Group (and former NASA China expert)
• Michael Griffin, Co-President LogiQ, Inc (and former NASA Administrator)

SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on December 4: Getting Back to the Moon Before China No Sure Bet.