Earth’s dynamics may extend to the moon

Earth’s dynamics may extend to the moon

Both China and the US see the potential for settlements on the moon to gain a clear strategic advantage (File/AFP)

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Following last month’s successful Artemis II mission, which carried four astronauts around the moon and back, NASA has now shifted its full focus to Artemis III. This is the final planned test mission before humans return to the moon. The last time a human set foot on the moon was in 1972 with the US’ Apollo 17 mission. At that time, the US was facing the Soviet Union in the Cold War. Tensions between China and the Soviets had escalated and Beijing’s rapprochement with the US, led by President Richard Nixon, had begun. The Middle East was in turmoil.