With the normal stupid stuff going on, it’s easy to lose track of the impressive work being done.  SpaceX  routinely launches satellites into orbit and occasionally demonstrates an impressive new capability, but the big picture isn’t addressed very often.

The Artemis III project is planning to get people back to the moon in two years.  NASA is leading the project along with the space agencies of Europe, Italy, Germany, Japan, Canada, Israel and Dubai.

Humans haven’t walked on the Moon in over fifty years, and this time, we won’t be landing in an expedient contraption.  SpaceX is building the lunar lander.  The photo above shows the SpaceX HLS with other objects to show the scale.  Notice the tiny Apollo Lunar Module on the right.

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