A full moon is seen behind the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher, are prepared for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for launch, at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. Cory Huston/NASA via AP
Former NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin believes that America’s current plan to go back to the Moon is “highly unlikely” to succeed on schedule and fears losing a new space race to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Mr. Griffin told the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics on Jan. 17 that: “The Artemis program is excessively complex, unrealistically priced,” and “compromises crew safety.”
T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.
