First mission to bring back samples from the moon since 1976 started successfully

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The moon is a stepping stone to the next real breakthrough; Mars.

Earlier this year NASA unveiled plans for a moon-orbiting space station, dubbed "Gateway", that will serve as a testbed for long-duration space missions such as reaching the Red Planet.

https://www.space.com/nasa-plans-artemis-moon-base-beyond-2024.html

As to how this benefits humanity back home, our long term survival as a species is dependent on reaching beyond the Earth. Our planet, at least in so far as it can support our continued existence, is finite and vulnerable. We cannot rely on it forever, especially the way we're going. We need to go beyond this one small island in the celestial sea and become a spacefaring civilization in order for humanity to flourish.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 24 November 2020