China gaining ground in Moon race as NASA eyes lunar base Casey Dreier, chief of space policy for The Planetary Society, breaks down China’s rapid progress in lunar missions and how a Moon base could anchor future U.S. space operations. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! NASA is racing to establish a permanent human presence on the moon as the U.S. looks to beat China's ambitions on the lunar surface amid intensifying competition in space. The Trump administration’s push for a roughly