US-China moon race could turn into a lunar land grab

Sixty years ago, the United States and the Soviet Union were embroiled in a race to the moon, which the US won. The 21st-century lunar contest, with China stepping in for the Soviet Union, has many similarities but also key differences. The Apollo astronauts planted the stars and stripes in lunar soil, bounced – and […]

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