, Columnist
Another Moon Landing Will Take More Than Rocket Science
The first lunar landing took place more than 50 years ago. There are myriad reasons we’ve struggled to do it again despite the technological advances.
Can we do it again?
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You don’t hear the phrase, “If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we…” much anymore. Perhaps that’s because it’s not clear that 21st-century America can put a person on the moon again.
The Wall Street Journal resurrected the expression in 2018, in a story about the cost overruns and bureaucratic snags hampering NASA’s Artemis program. The headline read, “If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, Why Can’t We Put a Man on the Moon?”