New moon
1.6 day old moon
2.9 percent lit
Now that Artemis is announced and on its launch pad, the reach into space has to be sincere and earnest.
The USA should be looking to the moon as an interim weigh over to Mars. It should be looking to Mars as the initial move to interstellar space and beyond.
The James Webb Space Telescope (click here) is bringing in incredible information and NASA needs to start mapping our way to other solar systems and quite possibly other reaches to the universe. I think the American people need to have a realistic vision of tomorrow beyond the Milky Way.