Joe Biden insists we’re “competing” with the Chinese Communist Party. Actually, the CCP is at war with America and yesterday’s launch of the Artemis I rocket highlights the ominous difference between these parallel universes.

Our Artemis program is aimed at returning astronauts to the moon to advance space science and exploration. Chinese emperor Xi Jinping is determined to have the People’s Liberation Army get there first.

Xi not only seeks to achieve national prestige by winning a space “race.” He’s pursuing decisive military advantage by dominating the so-called “earth-moon system.”

So, Beijing plans to build military installations on and project power from the lunar south pole, affording China the ability to determine not only what happens on the moon, but on earth and the space in between.

This is no “competition”: It’s war, and America must not lose the High Frontier.

This is Frank Gaffney.