A Chinese Spy In NASA?

Professor Rongxing Li (pictured) was being investigated amid suspicions he may have shared defence secrets with China

Daily Mail: Was NASA scientist spying for China? FBI investigate after professor who worked on Mars project mysteriously resigns and leaves the U.S. amid concerns he leaked defense secrets

* Professor Rongxing Li, 56, received acclaim for his space mapping work
* He was a participating scientist on NASA missions to Mars and the Moon
* But early last year he abruptly resigned from his Ohio State University job
* The FBI was investigating to determine if he had shared secrets with China

A U.S. professor who abruptly resigned from his job and then disappeared was being investigated by the FBI amid suspicions he was sharing defence secrets with the Chinese.

Professor Rongxing Li, 56, attracted international attention for his work with the Mapping and GIS Laboratory at Ohio State University, where he had been employed since 1996.

As a participant in numerous NASA projects, including the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover mission, he had access to restricted information which he was prohibited from sharing with the Chinese.

WNU Editor: Maybe he got a better gig .... China plans to land lunar probe on far side of moon (The Guardian).

More News On Reports of A Possible Chinese Spy In NASA

FBI investigates China ties of Ohio State professor who resigned, disappeared -- Columbus Dispatch
Former OSU Professor's Ties to China Investigated by FBI -- FOX News
OSU Prof disappears, may have sold defense secrets to China -- Breitbart