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America’s return to the neighborhood of the moon with Artemis II is a moment every patriot should celebrate — proof that when the country chooses strength and purpose we still lead the frontier. The crewed test flight, set for April 1, 2026, sends Americans farther from Earth than any humans in decades and reasserts our claim to being the world’s spacefaring leader.
This mission isn’t a feel-good photo op; it’s a hard-headed demonstration of capability. Artemis II will carry four astronauts on a voyage roughly a quarter-million miles from Earth to validate Orion’s life-support and systems so we can stand up sustained lunar operations and prepare for an Artemis III landing mission.
Veteran national-security reporters like Bill Gertz are right to warn that America cannot let this moment slip into complacency — adversaries in Moscow and Beijing are racing to dominate the space domain and have shown both the intent and the means to challenge our assets. Those warnings are not alarmism but sober reminders from observers who have tracked adversary programs for decades.
Artemis II proves we can still marshal private enterprise, government skill, and American grit when we prioritize it, a point underscored by the new leadership at NASA and the clear roadmap toward lunar operations that will culminate in follow-on missions. If policymakers refuse to match this ambition on the defense side, we risk leaving the high ground to rivals who view space as a contested theater, not a shared commons.
Those rivals are not hypothetical threats. Russia and China have tested counterspace capabilities, from satellite maneuvers to anti-satellite weapons and hypersonic systems that blur the line between air and near-space weapons, creating real vulnerabilities for our commercial and military satellites. The reality of weaponized space and leading-edge threats demands a strong, resilient American posture.
The path forward is obvious: fund resilient satellite architecture, back rapid launch and on-orbit repair, strengthen the Space Force and allied cooperation, and stop treating space like an afterthought in budgeting and strategy. Patriots who love liberty and prospering commerce should insist Congress and the administration act now — because dominance in space will determine who protects freedom, commerce, and American families in the decades ahead.
