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A Skeptical Perspective on the Race for the Moon Between China and America: Who Cares?

On April 1, 2026, NASA launched Artemis II, sending four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed flight of the Artemis program. That mission gave the race for the Moon between China and America its most concrete public image in decades: a large rocket, a crewed spacecraft, a lunar flyby, and a safe splashdown on April 10. It also sharpened a harder question. Beyond space agencies, contractors, policymakers, and space enthusiasts, who car…

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Successfully completed ten-day lunar mission. Systems worked flawlessly. Distance record also fell. Return of humanity to deep space. Ambitious plan for permanent settlement of the Moon. First step towards interplanetary expansion of humanity. Project Artemis II was the first manned flight of the Artemis program, led by NASA. The mission took place from April 1 to 11, 2026 and represented a historic milestone, as for the first time since the Apo…

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friendsofnasa.org broke the news on Sunday, May 10, 2026.
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