The first question any of us should be asking is 'Why is it so important that we go to the moon?' On the scale of 'been there, done that', this is pegging the pin on the meter. Another valid question is - why has it taken us 57 years to do it again?
Tonight, the first manned lunar mission in more than half a century will blast off to take four astronauts further into space than anyone has ever gone before. The Nasa crew is travelling around the far side of the moon, about 1,500 miles greater distance than any previous flight, before returning home.
Though they will not land on the surface itself, the ten-day Artemis II mission is a crucial step in the plan to establish a $20billion base on the moon. Then Nasa plans regular landings from early 2028, with the ultimate goal of taking humans to Mars.
The mission, which is launching from Florida, will see the first woman,
the first black person, and the oldest astronaut ever to travel to the moon.
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