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The Artemis II crew returned to Houston on April 11 after a 10-day lunar flyby — the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. But the celebration masks deep unresolved questions: a $93 billion program running years behind schedule, a redesigned Artemis III that will no longer land on the Moon, and an intensifying space race with China targeting its own crewed lunar landing by 2030.