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Their worries were largely directed at efforts by China to forge its own space dominance and land astronauts on the moon in the next decade.
"I don't think Artemis 3, the landing mission, is at all realistically scheduled."
"I think that China has a very aggressive plan," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on January 9.
Its lead-up to the lunar base involves crewed flights to the moon via its Chang'e missions, which China opened to international collaboration in October 2023.
Persons:
—, Frank Lucas, Artemis, Lucas, Neil Armstrong, it's, James Free, Mike Griffin, Griffin, Rich McCormick, Bill Posey, Zoe Lofgren, Bill Nelson, Jing Haipeng, Nelson
Organizations:
Service, Wednesday, National American Space Agency, Business, Chinese Communist Party, Technology, NASA, Artemis, China, Congressional, GOP, Republican, Democratic, Associated Press
Locations:
China, Oklahoma, United States, Georgia, Florida, Zoe Lofgren of California, Beijing