NASA Chief Says Security Needed To Explore Space Safely

The head of NASA said this week that space security is necessary so that the United States, Japan, and others can safely explore the moon and Mars.

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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine also said during his Tokyo visit that he wants to take the U.S. space partnership with Japan to a new level by stepping up cooperation by going to the moon and eventually to Mars together.

But he said that will be possible only if space is kept a safe place.

“NASA fully supports the idea of space security,” he said.

Japan and the U.S. have long cooperated in space science, including the ongoing International Space Station program.