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>>15648294
They need to start somewhere. China basically has the capability to put a small team on the moon right now if they dedicate to a small lander. Maybe not super heavy or capable but if they surprised the world with a completed lander in 1.5 years I wouldn't be surprised. People forget how competitive high functioning programs are in their schools, they're decently capatand have NO regulatory barriers that they don't want. They literally expend boosters over land. SpaceX can't even test a booster without calls for cancellations and months of reviews.

We hold ourselves back. I welcome our chinese overlords