THE MOON HAS ALWAYS HELD an emotional connection with some people, driving irrational decisions regretted later. Now, it seems, NASA is faced with a series of seminal decisions as it tries to find support - and money - to get back on the lunar surface in 2024, 52 years after the last Apollo astronaut departed. But is it a Moon too far? Amid a public-relations blizzard of rousing words, emotional speeches and gripping videos, popular support for Moon missions is slipping away across a wide range of metrics. Each one vital for getting astronauts back on the lunar surface from US soil.To see where and why, a little background is essential.
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