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It’s Up to SpaceX and Blue Origin to Stick the Moon Landing
NASA’s moon ambitions will depend on commercial discipline.
Photographer: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
The Artemis II mission around the moon provided a conflicted nation with a much-needed wave of shared enthusiasm derived from achieving a lofty goal. The mission — a more comfortable and less complicated repeat of the Apollo 8 flight in 1968 — was the first step toward the dream of returning to the moon and never leaving.
Now comes the risky part.