Washington DC [US], October 21 (ANI): Acting Administrator Sean Duffy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday (local time) suggested the US space agency will be opening up its Human Landing System (HLS) production contracts for its Artemis lunar programme contract to additional companies, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin.

In a post on X, the NASA acting chief stated that the need for competition and innovation was needed to outpace China in the race to the Moon, while Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk swiftly dismissed the move, asserting that its Starship will dominate the mission.

"We are in a race against China , so we need the best companies to operate at a speed that gets us to the Moon FIRST. SpaceX has the contract to build the H

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