Is it a Trump vanity project?
Vanity or not, he initiated and signed-off on the Artemis Program in 2017 during his first term, with its goals being a moon landing by 2028 and the establishment of a permanent base during the 2030s.
Permanent bases during the 1980s was the forecast after completion of the Apollo project 
I well remember the Apollo 8 mission, which is what Artemis II is replicating, as it took place over Christmas 1968 during the school holidays.
Remarkably, three more Apollo missions took place over just the next 6 months: Apollo 9 into earth orbit to test systems during March, Apollo 10 for the second orbit of the moon during May, and the historic moon landing itself on Apollo 11 during July.
A sleepy juvenile Drone managed to keep his eyes open until 4am when Neil Armstrong finally emerged to take his ‘one small step’. The last week of summer term at school followed and nothing much seemed to be taught, just incessant wide-eyed chat about what we’d all just witnessed.
Great days 