Not really, its only the big question if US makes it the question. If the US just says yeah we done that, that's not our focus.

And then China does maybe a flags and footprints landing, while shortly after the US has a base there.

The only reason this is even close at all is because the US spend the last 25 years and 200 billion $ in complete deadends.

And just going further into the deadend just to maybe get a set of footprints onto the moon first is shortsighted and frankly morinic strategy.