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Thanks to some recent reporting, we've found a potential solution to the Artemis blues.
For the last month, NASA's interim administrator, Sean Duffy, has been giving interviews and speeches around the world, offering a singular message: "We are going to beat the Chinese to the Moon."
This is certainly what the president who appointed Duffy to the NASA post wants to hear. Unfortunately, there is a very good chance that Duffy's sentiment is false. Privately, many people within the space industry, and even at NASA, acknowledge that the US space agency appears to be holding a losing hand. Recently, some influential voices, such as former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, have spoken out.
"Unless something changes, it is highly unlikely the United States will beat China’s projected timeline to the Moon’s surface," Bridenstine said in early September.
