Editorial Board: Plans include a permanent moon base, supported by a lunar-orbiting station, to carry out scientific experiments and serve as a jumping-off point for missions to Mars and beyond.
A full-scale SLS motor prepares for testing at the Northrop Grumman Promontory, Utah, facility.“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win.
had no point. If there was a purpose in going to the moon then why, in all that time, haven’t we been back?, the first in a series of flights designed to not only return human beings to our nearest celestial neighbor, but also to establish a permanent presence there, is now aloft. It was launched on November 16 atop the Space Launch System, our nation’s largest ever rocket.
This time, the plan is not a touch-and-go, plant the flag, pick up some rocks and hurry home, as the historic Apollo missions were before America lost interest and Congress lost the will to fund human space exploration beyond low earth orbit. This time, we’re staying. The Artemis Program was created during the administration of Barack Obama, adopted and boosted by the administration of Donald Trump and has the full support of Joe Biden. All have seen the scientific, educational, social and inspirational benefits of a properly tasked and funded moon program.
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