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While the era of human lunar landings was driven by Cold War rivalry and a sense of conquest, today’s priorities lie elsewhere—such as Mars exploration, asteroid mining, and space station research. Nonetheless, there is renewed interest in returning humans to the Moon, especially under programs like NASA’s Artemis initiative, which aims to establish a sustainable lunar presence as a stepping stone to further deep-space exploration.
The main hurdles today are cost and political will rather than technological ability. As technology advances and costs decrease, it's conceivable that human missions to the Moon will resume, but they are unlikely to happen on the scale or immediacy of the Apollo era.