Ross: How Monday’s moonshot preparation resembles the Apollo 11 launch

I can remember sitting in a radio studio at the age of 17 in 1969 watching a black-and-white TV as the Eagle landed at Tranquility Base.

Engine problem leads NASA to scrub launch of new moon rocket

And if you asked me then what a moonshot would look like in 50 years, I’d never have guessed it would look almost exactly the same.

Today’s Artemis launch involves a giant rocket, disposable boosters, and a tiny capsule.

A moon launch is still a cross-your-fingers-and-pray event.

I thought we’d have been a least a little closer to Star Trek by now, but we’re not.

It’s an amazing engineering feat to send

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