The head of NASA has warned that China may try to get the moon.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson warned that China may try to gain territory on the moon, saying, "We'd better be careful that they don't get to some place on the moon under the guise of scientific research." Stating that "we are in the space race", he added: "It is not out of the realm of possibility that...[China] says, 'We are here, this is our territory'.