There is always the necessity to enhance the dramatics.  Taken at face value it seems mundane and redundant.  I’m guessing this is merely a prelude of something more in depth, they’re just not letting the cat out of the bag.

that comes out to roughly $100,000 per second of Artemis flight time. A colossal waste for a nation in massive debt. It's welfare for the defense sector. We always have enough money for war, but we never have any money for our people or our country.

I remember watching Neil & Buzz in 1969 land on the moon on our black and white 18" Admiral TV. Neil hand flew it after the guidance computer was overloaded.  Those were the real guys doing test pilot stuff back then. 

I cannot figure out why the plan wasn't to land.  We have the technology and skills from previous Apollo missions.  Heck, if all they were doing was taking photos of potential landing sites, why not send an unmanned photo and sensor array.  A lot cheaper and just as effective.

They could have tested the launch vehicle and duration and system check on the Orion in earth orbit.

We flew into moon orbit in 1968 with Apollo 8.

I loved the space program all my life until the Obama administration re-designated it an outreach program.

Now, I sticking with Musk.