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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 18 Aug 2025
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Is the US trying to get back to the moon again? If so, why?
I'm more entertained by China absolutely spanking the US on EV and hybrid EV cars.
There's no higher ground than the moon, and this time whoever gets there will stay there.
I have no doubt that China will get people to the moon, but stay there? Long term habitation on the moon is an unsolved problem even conceptually, let alone the part where you actually have to build it
What's unsolved about the concept? It doesn't have to be self sustaining, and most of it is just engineering challenges that can be solved by throwing money at it.