> The moon landings were pretty awesome in their own way, but at the end of the day, with the way they were done, it was basically a stunt.

It was a pissing contest between the superpowers.

That doesn't mean there's less merit in that. In fact, what they did in the '60s was a heck of a lot harder, achieving so much with less tech, and hewing a new path through a virgin jungle.

It simply means - and explains why - those achievements didn't last. We put in a humongous effort to reach so far, but once the initial impetus died out, we had to scale it down.

Well, now we're back.