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We've been wanting to do this for decades at this point, but it looks like we are really there. no kidding, we now have some of the structure begun. we're going to have to build more to get down to the surface. that's a lot more to come. even artemis 2. i think it's going to be very doable. artemis 3, it will get more difficult if you want to stay there for longer periods of time. but there's no reason that we can't keep going and do all of those things that senator nelson mentioned. >> it's really exciting. let me ask you about some other news from the world of space. a japanese charter mogul...

Astronauts back on the moon. but that can only happen if this mission goes successfully and then sets up the next mission, artemis 2 looping around the moon. so eventually we want to have a base on the moon. so it's a progression of ever more ambitious missions. and then this eventually will lead to mars, sending humans to mars in the 2030s. and just very briefly, what's the point in this? we have bigger problems closer to home that we should be focusing on, no? we have a lot of problems on earth and we should be solving them. but we have to advance our technology. and if we don't do that... i...

Objective, recover this capsule so we can send astronauts next time in about two years so 202a. well, you mentioned two years. you also mentioned 25,000 miles an hour. that's going to be a bit ofa bumpy landing. what is it we hope to get out of the artemis 2 mission? well, it's going to hit the atmosphere at 25,000 miles. but when it actually splashes down in the ocean, it's just a few miles an hour. the parachutes and the atmosphere actually slow it, but it's coming in faster than the space shuttles, which are about 17,000 miles. so what this will do is it will prove that the orion capsule is...

Into day, literally. it was so bright, it overwhelmed all our cameras. but it's got our dreams going back to the moon and that is really important for the future. well, you mentioned the future. tell us more about what this means for future space travel, why this is so important. well, this mission has to succeed. the rocket has to succeed, and orion has to succeed because there's no people on board. there's only three manikins on board. the next mission, artemis 2, will have four people, three nasa astronauts and one canadian. but that can only happen if this mission goes perfectly. so the pr...

NASA selects Space X for its second Artemis mission of landing astronauts on the lunar surface