The tortoise and the hare: will China beat the US in the race back to the moon?

Ana Maria Rus

The rival superpowers are ramping up preparations for a crewed lunar landing nearly six decades after the first moon walk The rival superpowers are ramping up preparations for a crewed lunar landing nearly six decades after the first moon walk T he world watched earlier this month as Nasa sent four astronauts around the moon – but to actually land on the surface the US is once again in a space race, this time with China . And China may well win. Both countries plan to build inhabited lunar