US nears attempt at first moon landing in 50 years with private robot spacecraft

reuters.com

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The pedant in me couldn't resist... I don't think that a private spacecraft landing on the moon counts as "the US" landing on the moon.

I can't think of something more American than this

Perhaps, but my point is that these efforts are not "national efforts", they're private efforts.