Mike WestonAs someone old enough to have followed the Apollo missions of the late 1960s and early 1970s as a child, it's sad to realize that this article is probably correct: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/11/artemis-ii-moon-astronauts-space-robots
Congratulations to the Artemis II crew – but the case for sending astronauts into space is rapidly shrinking
Soon, thanks to the advance of robots, the only reason left to send humans to the moon will be as an ultra-expensive sport, say astronomer royal Martin Rees and astrophysicist Donald Goldsmith