The REAL Reason We Haven_t Been Back to the Moon
Fifty years. Billions of dollars. And still, no human has stepped on the lunar surface since 1972. Why?The truth is more complicated than you think. It's not just about money, though the Apollo program cost over $250 billion in today's dollars. It's not just about technology, though the Artemis program's heat shield nearly failed its first test — cracking in over 100 places. It's about politics. It's about risk. It's about a space agency that lost the ability to do what it once did. NASA's workforce today has never built a human lunar lander. The contractors are spread across 44 states for…
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