Why everyone is heading back to the Moon

> The prospects for such an enterprise have been enhanced by the relatively recent discovery that the moon harbors water in the form of ice, which could be used not only for drinking and irrigating crops but also for producing oxygen and making rocket fuel for future flights.

That’s really the reason?

Because America fell asleep at the wheel for 60 years and it wasn't until america made not one but two geopolitical rivals that we feel the need to rise to the occasion.

For anyone interested in learning more about the original Apollo missions, I highly recommend From the Earth to the Moon, an HBO miniseries from 1999.