Why this was such a big deal? Haven't people reach the moon so many years ago? By this time we should have lunar bases, not cheer so much that we got past the moon at a few thousands miles away.
Because we haven’t had translunar manned flight in fifty years, and this is the precursor to start it up again
Because we haven’t had translunar manned flight in fifty years, and this is the precursor to start it up again