Congressional Republicans are demanding answers from NASA after discovering the space agency appears to have secretly funded "bilateral collaboration with Chinese entities" through research grants – a move that could violate federal law prohibiting such partnerships with Communist China.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) are leading the charge, pressing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on why the agency seemingly circumvented congressional restrictions designed to protect American technology from Chinese theft.
The investigation centers on Stanford University professor Wendy Mao, whose NASA-funded research appears to have involved direct collaboration with Chinese scientists and institutions. This raises serious questions about whether NASA has been deliberately ignoring the Wolf Amendment, which prohibits bilateral cooperation between NASA and China without explicit congressional approval.
Deep State Defiance Continues
This latest scandal reveals how deeply embedded the globalist mindset remains within federal agencies, even under the Trump administration's America First agenda. While President Trump has made it crystal clear that China represents our greatest strategic competitor, bureaucrats at NASA appear to be playing by their own rules.
"The American people deserve to know why their tax dollars are funding research partnerships with our biggest adversary," a congressional source told investigators. "This looks like another case of the administrative state ignoring the will of Congress and the American people."
The timing couldn't be more concerning. As the Trump-Vance administration works to rebuild American technological dominance and secure our supply chains, federal agencies are apparently still playing footsie with Beijing.
This investigation comes as Republicans intensify their oversight of the sprawling federal bureaucracy. With figures like Elon Musk leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), patriots finally have allies working to expose waste, fraud, and potential treason within our own government.
NASA has yet to provide satisfactory answers about how this collaboration was approved and whether other similar partnerships exist. The agency's silence speaks volumes about the entrenched resistance Trump faces from career bureaucrats more loyal to globalist interests than American security.
How many more agencies are secretly collaborating with our enemies while claiming to serve American interests?