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The Real Story Of Apollo 17... And Why We Never Went Back To The Moon
On December 11, 1972, Apollo 17 touched down on the Moon. This was not only our final Moon landing, but the last time we left low Earth orbit.
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The biggest takeaway from this article for me was we haven't set foot on the Moon's surface in almost half a century. The last moon mission was around the time the Vietnam war was coming to a close for the US, and even if we wanted to return, we would almost have to start over from scratch.