The Wrong Cut at the Wrong Time: Why America Must Not Retreat from Space

My thinking while I'm watching this historic Artemis II event

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon. Image Credit: NASA

Right now, four human beings are doing something no one has done in more than half a century - flying around the Moon. The Artemis II crew - Reid Wiseman, Victo…