The want to build the first lunar base between NASA and China has intensified after NASA administrator Bill Nelson claimed that China could try to take control of the Moon. Recently China’s plans of sending a spacecraft to an asteroid to deflect it as a planetary defense system. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is chasing after the NASA DART mission, which aims to do the same. China also became the first nation to land on the far side of the Moon in 2019, something NASA is also aiming to do. China wishes to complete its target of building a research base on the Moon within eight years after collaborating with Russia. While NASA looks at it as a sign of threat, experts disagree with the possibility of China establishing control over the entire Moon.
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