Der lange Countdown von Artemis II – ein Weltraumhistoriker erklärt, warum die Rückkehr zum Mond über 50 Jahre gedauert hat
https://theconversation.com/artemis-iis-long-countdown-a-space-historian-explains-why-it-has-taken-over-50-years-to-return-to-the-moon-274165
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In 1969, just weeks after Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface, NASA presented a plan to President Nixon for the Space Post-Apollo Program. If it had been approved, the timeline would have looked radically different.
• 1974: A permanent space station in Earth orbit (which eventually became Skylab, but much smaller).
• 1978: A permanent Lunar Base on the surface of the Moon.
• 1981: A crewed mission to Mars.
We know this never happened because of budget cuts and politics.