The crewed Artemis 2 mission (maybe late next year) takes the no-balls approach of not landing - not even orbiting the moon - just make one large loop around then come straight back.
Apollo went and landed on the first trip.
I suppose the real reason for another test run of Artemis is that the orbiting docking station, the moon landing craft and other components of the more complex Artemis system are not fully developed, tested and in place.
Btw, I typed that Artemis 1 orbited the moon. I think it, too, only looped around it, as will Artemis 2.
I meant the first human mission to the moon. Which will be delayed until 2030 or later.
Not hardly. There were plenty of Apollo missions before Apollo 11. In fact Apollo 10 did everything two months earlier except actually landing on the moon. I sometimes wonder how Stafford, Cernan, and Young felt about that.
“Apollo went and landed on the first trip.”
Uh no it didn’t, Apollo 11 was the first to land on the moon.🤨