Artemis II -When Apollo 17 lifted off the lunar surface in December 1972, no one imagined it would mark the last human footprint on the Moon for more than half a century. At the time, NASA spoke confidently about lunar bases, Mars missions, and a permanent human presence beyond Earth. Yet history took a sharp turn. The long pause since 1972 isn’t the result of one factor but a combination of political, economic, cultural, and—if one allows for speculation—possibly extraterrestrial influences.
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Artemis II -When Apollo 17 lifted off the lunar surface in December 1972, no one imagined it would mark the last human footprint on the Moon for more than half a century. At the time, NASA spoke confidently about lunar bases, Mars missions, and a permanent human presence beyond Earth. Yet history took a sharp turn. The long pause since 1972 isn’t the result of one factor but a combination of political, economic, cultural, and—if one allows for speculation—possibly extraterrestrial influences.