Members of Congress have expressed concerns over the delays and high costs of NASA's Artemis moon program, emphasizing the urgency for the United States to achieve its goal of returning astronauts to the moon before China. The Chinese Communist Party is actively seeking international partners for a lunar research station and aims to have astronauts on the moon by 2030, potentially threatening national security. Japan is preparing its first 'Moon Sniper' precision landing, aiming to land within 100 meters of its target and equipped with a near-infrared camera to examine lunar rocks. The Artemis program's delays could potentially allow China to reach the moon ahead of NASA.
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Members of Congress on Wednesday expressed growing concern that delays in NASA’s Artemis moon program and its immense cost could threaten the United States’ goal of returning astronauts to the moon before China, a rising space superpower, gets there. https://t.co/7kAx5GUYFk