It’s not that far from us. It’s only between 2.5 and 2.9 AU, that’s closer than any of Jupiter’s moons and about as far as Mars is from earth at aphelion. I’m in my early 30’s, and with the space race heating back up, I’m sure we’ll get back there in my lifetime.
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