I'm all for the US space program returning to the Moon and the NASA public-private approach seems fairly reasonable.
It is very odd however to see no mention of the fact that China is about a decade ahead, having completed the Chang'e 3, 4 and 5 missions. which included a successful return of Moon rocks to the Earth. Two more missions are in the works.
The article mentions a Japanese effort, but the omission of China's successes seems fairly deliberate. I wonder what the motivation was?
The USSR also had successful robotic sample return missions, and rovers, in the 1970s.
Because the article is about recent difficulties landing on the moon and China has not had recent difficulties landing on the moon?
Seems like it would be worth looking at their approach to provide additional context, doesn't it?
Not really for this article, no.