I listened to an interview with an astronaut earlier today. He talked about the selection process and how there’s very little to choose between the pool of candidates as they are all equally incredible.

So the choice can often be nothing to do with who is technically or physically the best as they are all the best and equally suitable.

The choice then comes down to completely different criteria.

That's half of it:

> With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, we will use what we learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars.

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

I hope you'd agree that's a bit more exciting than "we want to go back to the moon again."

What's the goal of your comment?

It creates healthy role models for a bunch of kids out there

The stated goal of Apollo was to land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth.