Even as I do, and you know I love rocket launches… I will renew my concern that Artemis’s mission sequence — ultimately returning human boot-falls, to the lunar surface… is not of the same scientific discovery moment as say… different, more radical robotic missions into deeper space, to plumb the origin material of our galaxy (and the Universe, more generally).
Of course, if we had unlimited funds to spend in/on space exploration, this all wouldn’t matter. But we do not.
We will need to critically evaluate each of the next four proposals, and likely only two will be funded, in full — in the next decade.
So this moon money could go to completing two more very worthy missions, at lower all in costs — and likely greater scientific returns.
Now I will hush… grinning, just the same: Fly well, Artemis!
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