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U.S. resorts to land squatting on the Moon with unmanned landers

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https://spacenews.com/nasa-considering-sharp-increase-in-robotic-lunar-landings/

I believe this endeavor is being initiated because NASA knows China 
will beat it to the Moon as far as a manned landing is concerned. The 
development of SpaceX's Starship is lagging so far behind that a 
manned landing before 2030 is probably unrealistic and inconceivable.

So as a backup plan it tries to squat as much territory as possible by 
landing robotic landers everywhere on the Lunar South Pole. On a 
monthly basis even. This would result in dozens of landers littering 
the Lunar South Pole before the Chinese arrive.

This goal obviously isn't communicated anywhere, but you need to read 
between the lines to know its true intent.

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