Greg Autry and Peter Navarro, Red Moon Rising: How America Will Beat China on the Final Frontier (Nashville, Post Hill Press). 260 pp., $19.99.

The first space race was between the Soviet Union and the United States. The second, between China and the United States, has already begun. This time around, the stakes are even higher: the competition extends beyond the mere prestige of being the first to reach a destination or proving ideological superiority. It now encompasses tangible economic and military interests. Above all, what sets this race apart from the first one is that this time the private sector will determine the outcome.

These are the key takeaways from Greg Autry and Peter Navarro’s recently published book Red Moon Rising. Autry was a member of the NASA Agency Review Team for the Trump administration in 2016 and also served as a temporary liaison to the White House at NASA in 2017. Navarro also worked for the Trump administration, including as the director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy.

The book serves as both a wake-up call and a reminder of the importance of space exploration, not only for the economic prosperity of the United States but also for its national security. According to the authors, the moon landing on July 20, 1969, was a remarkable feat, but it would never have been possible without the fierce competition between the USSR and the United States. However, following the United........

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