“America Returns to the Moon…Kind Of” This is Something to Think About 04.01.26

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“America Returns to the Moon…Kind Of”

Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”

Air Date Wednesday, April 1, 2026

If all goes according to plan today, with technology and weather cooperating, America renews its quest to send humans to the moon, kind of.

Picking up where NASA’s Apollo moon missions ended 53 years ago with Apollo 17, the spacecraft Artemis II will launch today with four brave astronauts from Launch Complex 39B at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. This first mission back to the moon calls for orbiting the moon but not landing.

I’m thrilled about the United States returning to the moon. I grew up a space kid, following all the missions of Project Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle, and now Artemis.

In Greek mythology, Artemis is the goddess of the moon and the twin sister of Apollo. So, fitting.

Today is the moon, tomorrow is Mars.

Bill Bunkley is a 20-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs on weekdays from 3 to 5 pm across central Florida. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 30 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. In 2025, he underwent successful open-heart surgery to repair a heart valve. His wife is Toni, his son is Zac, and he attends Idlewild Baptist Church.

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