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NASA wants us awestruck by Artemis II circling the moon. But iPINIONS asks what kind of country can spend billions on space spectacle and war while its own citizens still line up for basic care and dignity here on Earth. See my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/artemis-ii-another-moon-shot-another Read more.
Given the national jubilation that attended NASA landing a robotic spacecraft on Mars yesterday, you’d think it was as novel as man landing on the moon … for the first time. Yet the most daring part of this mission was avoiding not just landing on paths its spacecrafts already blazed on eight previous missions. It… Read more.
Fifty years ago, human beings stepped on the moon for the first time. Some 650 million people around the world watched the historic landing on July 20, 1969, and heard astronaut Neil Armstrong say ‘… one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.’ Fittingly, there’s a Google Doodle celebrating the anniversary this… Read more.
