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Enjoy your existential crisis.

Absolutely! I'm enjoying this latest "moon race" as it has a great potential to speed up the progress of further space exploration. India is set to launch Chandrayaan-2 (a lander and a rover) in April; they missed the launch window in January. Germany-based private group of rocket scientists and engineers are aiming to land two Audi-branded robotic rovers on the moon by the end of the year )beginning of 2020 looks more likely) and it will be the first mission ever to revisit the original Apollo landing site. Japan is going to launch a tiny impactor in December followed by a smart lander early next year. At least a few other countries are launching orbiters this year as well (Brazil; South Korea). And then of course we have Chang'e 5, the next step in China's moon mission that will bring the lunar samples back to Earth!

The more the merrier I say, "Beam me up, Scotty"

Latest update: The spacecraft has entered the lunar orbit!

After watching that I am not sure It's worth my time doing the pond Project this year...

Only ever seen them once in Aberdeen when I was working up that way around 2000, wish I could see them again they are spell-bounding, sigh