[House Hearing, 114 Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] ARE WE LOSING THE SPACE RACE TO CHINA? ======================================================================= HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION __________ September 27, 2016 __________ Serial No. 114-95 __________ Printed for the use of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology [GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Available via the World Wide Web: http://science.house.gov ______ U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 22-564PDF WASHINGTON : 2017 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; DC area (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402-0001 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY HON. LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas, Chair FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., ZOE LOFGREN, California Wisconsin DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois DANA ROHRABACHER, California DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas ERIC SWALWELL, California MO BROOKS, Alabama ALAN GRAYSON, Florida RANDY HULTGREN, Illinois AMI BERA, California BILL POSEY, Florida ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky MARC A. VEASEY, Texas JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma KATHERINE M. CLARK, Massachusetts RANDY K. WEBER, Texas DON S. BEYER, JR., Virginia JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado STEVE KNIGHT, California PAUL TONKO, New York BRIAN BABIN, Texas MARK TAKANO, California BRUCE WESTERMAN, Arkansas BILL FOSTER, Illinois BARBARA COMSTOCK, Virginia GARY PALMER, Alabama BARRY LOUDERMILK, Georgia RALPH LEE ABRAHAM, Louisiana DARIN LaHOOD, Illinois WARREN DAVIDSON, Ohio ------ Subcommittee on Space HON. BRIAN BABIN, Texas, Chair DANA ROHRABACHER, California DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma AMI BERA, California MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas ZOE LOFGREN, California MO BROOKS, Alabama, ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado BILL POSEY, Florida MARC A. VEASEY, Texas JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma DONALD S. BEYER, JR., Virginia STEVE KNIGHT, California EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas WARREN DAVIDSON, Ohio LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas C O N T E N T S September 27, 2016 Page Witness List..................................................... 2 Hearing Charter.................................................. 3 Opening Statements Statement by Representative Brian Babin, Chairman, Subcommittee on Space, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives....................................... 4 Written Statement............................................ 6 Statement by Representative Donna Edwards, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Space, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives...................... 8 Written Statement............................................ 10 Statement by Representative Lamar S. Smith, Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives................................................ 12 Written Statement............................................ 14 Witnesses: The Hon. Dennis C. Shea, Chairman, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Oral Statement............................................... 17 Written Statement............................................ 19 Mr. Mark Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute Oral Statement............................................... 36 Written Statement............................................ 38 Mr. Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Heritage Foundation Oral Statement............................................... 44 Written Statement............................................ 46 Dr. James Lewis, Senior Vice President and Director, Strategic Technologies Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies Oral Statement............................................... 56 Written Statement............................................ 58 Discussion....................................................... 64 Appendix I: Answers to Post-Hearing Questions The Hon. Dennis C. Shea, Chairman, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission..................................... 80 Mr. Mark Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute...... 100 Mr. Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Heritage Foundation............................................ 101 Dr. James Lewis, Senior Vice President and Director, Strategic Technologies Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies........................................................ 113 Appendix II: Additional Material for the Record Statement submitted by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Ranking Me...