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The Artemis mission isn't to be the first to get to the moon. The mission is to make a permanent lunar settlement. China might land some small lander before St
by gridspy 5y ago
The Artemis mission isn't to be the first to get to the moon. The mission is to make a permanent lunar settlement.
China might land some small lander before StarShip arrives - but with reuse and huge capacity StarShip is an excellent cargo vehicle.
- XorNot 5y agoI seriously doubt it. While China's made a lot of progress, there's no possible way the US government isn't suddenly going to discover a priority if there's a risk China gets another man on the moon first this century.