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After recent tests, China appears likely to beat the United States back to the Moon
(arstechnica.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2025
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No, I think it was before that, when NASA decided to reuse Space Shuttle hardware to build an expendable launch vehicle with lower performance than the Saturn V, and no utility beyond the Artemis program.