Surprised this hasn't received more publicity. Looking forward to serious efforts to utilize the moon as a forward base of operations for extra planetary resource acquisition and exploration. I think this will be the first step for the USA in the modern era.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that final, system-wide testing for Artemis Il, the first crewed lunar spaceflight mission by the United States since Apollo 17 in 1972, will begin in roughly two weeks, with the earliest launch date scheduled… pic.twitter.com/M2ccHLYF34

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I am a space guy through and through. REALLY want this to be successful, but pessimistic with NASA and government space exploration overall right now. Afraid it's going to be delayed ad nauseam, vs outright failure.

Did get to tour one of the groups designing the new lunar rover recently, that was really cool.