Bill Nelson Overcomes His Sinophobia Long Enough to Congratulate China on Successful Chang’e-6 Mission

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, who has spent a lot of time recently railing about China in space, nonetheless offered congratulations on their ground-breaking flight to the far side of the Moon to bring back first-of-their-kind lunar samples to Earth. In his message, he commented that the two nations “cooperated well on Mars exploration” and welcomed more space dialogue and cooperation.