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NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy has expressed fears that SpaceX, which has a $2.9 billion contract to develop a lunar lander for astronauts, is behind schedule.

Duffy said Monday (local time) that NASA could open the production contracts of its Human Landing System (HLS) for the Artemis lunar program to rival companies such as Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin lunar contract as soon as next year.

In a post on X, Duffy said the space agency is considering opening up more “competition and innovation” to beat China in a renewed Moon race. Elon Musk NASA response was quick to fire back, saying SpaceX’s Starship will “definitely be the one” to fly first.

“We are in a race against China so we need the best companies capable of g

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