'I'll be damned if that's the story we write': Acting NASA Administrator Duffy vows not to lose moon race to China

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NASA's acting administrator is pushing back against recent claims that the agency is losing ground to China in the race back to the moon.

Sean Duffy addressed employees in an internal NASA town hall last week, just one day after Senate testimony suggested that China may land astronauts at the lunar south pole before the U.S. does so. "I'll be damned if that is the story that we write," Duffy said. "We are going to beat the Chinese to the moon. We are going to do it safely. We're going to do it fast. We're going to do it right."