

Funny that you feel this way, because I thought about posting a similar and yet almost opposite post to [email protected]. I think it gets too much attention compared to other missions.
I think the Artemis mission isn’t completely useless and even regardless of Lunar economy and nostalgic motivation, there are some benefits, sure. But all of this over-sensationalized exposure with more emphasis on the USA is the reality check that we’re slowly resetting to a space race. I always thought that it was a beautiful story that what started as competition turned into the biggest evidence of our united efforts. And while I don’t think collaborations will end, I fear that they will turn into alliances and we are back to competition.
When people tell you that AI will (or already does) take a lot of jobs, it’s not necessarily implied that it’s good enough to replace humans. Just that it is sold well enough to the people who make those decisions.