Artemis II is unlikely to be the cultural touchstone Apollo 8 was, and that's OK
The world population in 1968 was about 3.5 billion people, or a little less than half of today’s. We also had a conversation about why NASA was flying this mission at all.
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“After a brief 54-year intermission, NASA is back in the business of sending astronauts to the Moon,” he said at a post-launch news conference. By the time the mission reaches its crescendo during the return through Earth’s atmosphere on April 10, certainly the most nerve-racking portion of the mission, I expect a much larger audience.Ars Technica