Hold the phone—NASA just yeeted four astronauts toward the Moon. First humans looping it since 1972. That's half a century of what? Netflix binges? Because while we've invented TikTok, self-driving cars, and air fryers that beep passive-aggressively, getting back to our old lunar stomping grounds took until now.
Let me get this straight: Apollo era, Cold War urgency, boom—Moon landings galore. Post-1972? Crickets. Congress treats NASA's budget like a bad Tinder date: ghosts it repeatedly. Artemis II sounds epic—diverse crew including the first woman and first person of color on a lunar orbit. Heroic. But plot twist: it's a flyby. No touchdown. Like ordering a pizza, then just sniffing the box from across the street. Billions burned for a cosmic thumbs-up.
Baby steps, sure. But NASA's killer closer? 'We'll land in 2028... probably.'
