U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX

U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX: The company’s Starship rocket, which has suffered a series of recent test explosions, is still years away from being ready for the mission, former NASA executives say. By Eric Lipton Reporting from Washington Elon Musk has a history of making promises to rapidly deliver technological breakthroughs, only for them to end up taking longer than predicted