We needed an Artemis moment: How awe returns us to ourselves

We needed an Artemis moment: How awe returns us to ourselves

There is something quietly disarming about our return to the Moon through the Artemis program. It is easy to frame it as a technological achievement or a geopolitical milestone, but that misses something deeper. For me, it feels more like a pause and a moment that forces reflection at a time when that is increasingly rare. The significance of the name “Artemis” adds a deeper, almost poetic layer to the mission that bears her name. In Greek mytho…