NASA announced that astronauts will not land on the moon until September 2026. Many members of Congress consider this a serious geopolitical problem.
Because Frank Lucas, a member of the US House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, said: "The first country to land on the moon can set a precedent for the future activity of the moon.
The agency is worried that the Starship spacecraft will not be built on time due to several prototype explosions.
Discussions of these issues are reminiscent of the space race between the United States and the former Soviet Union that took place more than 50 years ago.
