海角大神

This article appeared in the April 09, 2026 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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Shooting for the moon

There is one thing in common among all the countries we feature today 鈥 Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Ukraine, Hungary, China, and South Africa: You can see the moon from there. From deserts and seas, skyscrapers and meadows, that luminous sphere hangs over the horizon as a reminder of something beyond the minutiae of the moment, wherever we are on Earth.

Henry Gass writes today about America鈥檚 accelerated plans to land on the moon by 2028, and establish a permanent presence there by the 2030s. China has similar ideas. So does India. Sometimes, looking up reminds us of the possibilities 鈥 and brings greater perspective to our own orbits.


This article appeared in the April 09, 2026 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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