Why did we go back to the Moon, 50 years after Apollo?
By Jonathan Webb
In both 1968 and 2026, a mission to the Moon offered a refreshing blast of positivity for a conflict-ridden world. So what's different now — and what do we really gain from this new moonshot, five decades after the first?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-04-12/nasa-artemis-ii-earthrise-geopolitics-wonder/106548512
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Artemis II was a product of politics. Then it sent us over the Moon
In both 1968 and 2026, a mission to the Moon offered a refreshing blast of positivity for a conflict-ridden world. So what's different now — and what do we really gain from this new moonshot, five decades after the first?