Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on Space Race with China, September 2025

On September 3, 2025, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing on “There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise: Why Congress and NASA Must Thwart China in the Space Race.”

Witnesses were:

• Mr. Allen Cutler, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration
• Mr. Michael Gold, President of Civil and International Space for Redwire
• The Honorable Jim Bridenstine, Managing Partner of the Artemis Group and Former Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Lieutenant General John Shaw, Former Deputy Commander of the U.S. Space Command

SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on September 3, 2025: “Senators Insist Artemis Must Get America Back to the Moon Before China.”