NASA Artemis lunar base rendering — NASA

A New Space Race Has Just Started, But This Time The Stakes Are Far Higher

China could derail NASA’s lunar plans.

It’s 1957, and “Rock Around the Clock” is on repeat on every radio station in the US. Then, all of a sudden, the music stops and is replaced by a terrifying announcement. The Soviet Union has launched Sputnik 1, and its orbit path sends it directly over the US mainland…