Woohoo...Space Race Back On

You would assume that as NASA have already landed people on the Moon, it would be relatively straightforward for them to do it again but it would appear not as NASA are saying that the 2027 date penciled in for their Artemis III Mission is now looking unlikely which leaves the field open to China's own Moon mission which is on the Calendar for 2030.
Former NASA Head, Jim Bridenstine, told a US Senate hearing: 'Unless something changes, it is highly unlikely the United States will beat China’s projected timeline' and the problem seems to be that the contract for the lander was given to Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, and they are having a problem with the upper stage which is the part intended to carry astronauts to the lunar surface and are behind schedule for the 2027 launch.
With China seemingly full steam ahead for 2030, and SpaceX falling further and further behind before they even get to the long but critical safety stage, NASA have opened up the contract to other companies to see if anyone can solves the problem of actually getting the astronauts onto the Moon surface and are currently talking to the Jeff Bezo's company, Blue Origin, to see if  their uncrewed Mark 1 lander which is due to begin transporting cargo to the Moon Surface in 2026 , could be redesigned so that it can carry passengers.
Even then the required safety tests would take it sailing past the original 2027 date and would be cutting it fine to beat China in 2030 but it still gives NASA a chance where if they wait for SpaceX to get their act together, China will be there and it would be the flag of the People's Republic of China not waving in the non-breeze up there.
The problem NASA have always had is that after the initial Moon Landings, their funding was cut from 4.5% of all US spending annually to 0.4% today whereas China's is counted as part of their Military budget and good luck trying to find exact details of that figure but it is quite a few hundred billion Yuan.
Also China leadership does not change hands quite so often so a leaders singular vision is easier to follow rather than in America where NASA funding and its priorities change with the leader with the NASA budget being cut under every President from 1971 apart from slight increases under Ronald Reagan and George Bush in the 80's.
I suppose it is out of the question that they just get together and do it for mankind rather than national pride but whether it's China or America, i am just happy that we have a Space Race again which will drive us forward to infinity and beyond, to quote probably the most famous astronaut, Buzz Lightyear.