Returning to the Moon – The Agenda with Stephen Cole – CGTN

It’s been nearly 50 years since man has set foot on the Moon, that was NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. But when the winners and losers of the Cold War-era ‘space race’ became clear, it seemed interest in revisiting the moon started to fade. That is until now. This year, the world’s space superpowers are set to launch brand new lunar missions.
So why are we once more setting our sights on Earth’s closest neighbor? Is there a possibility we could land on the Moon permanently? Or is it simply a stopover…

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