NASA's Urgent Mission: Regaining Lunar Supremacy

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson emphasizes the need for the US to return to the Moon before China to prevent foreign states from claiming and controlling valuable resources such as water and ice. The Artemis II mission, set for November 2024, aims to establish a long-term lunar base and explore the Moon's south pole, where water is suspected to be abundant. While Russia also has lunar aspirations, Nelson considers China a greater threat. NASA's Artemis II mission will involve sending four astronauts on a ten-day journey around the Moon, marking the first crewed test of the Orion capsule and Space Launch System rocket.