we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. As NASA’s Artemis 1 gets set to launch with SpaceX’s Starship programme snapping at its heels, STEPHEN BRIDGEWATER looks at a very 21st Century ‘race for space’, pitting private vs government giant rockets.Īs he prepared to leave the lunar surface on 13 December 1972, NASA Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan famously remarked: “.
