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The tortoise and the hare: will China beat the US in the race back to the moon?

<p>The rival superpowers are ramping up preparations for a crewed lunar landing nearly six decades after the first moon walk</p><p>The world watched earlier this month as Nasa sent four astronauts around the moon – but to actually land on the surface the US is once again in a spa

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The tortoise and the hare: will China beat the US in the race back to the moon?<p>The rival superpowers are ramping up preparations for a crewed lunar landing nearly six decades after the first moon walk</p><p>The world watched earlier this month as Nasa sent four astronauts around the moon – but to actually land on the surface the US is once again in a spa
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