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>>20208009
Read this article.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/06/everyones-going-to-the-moon-again-apollo-11-50th-aniversary
The only reason NASA landed on the Moon was politics. Once they have done that, and Soviets couldn't keep up, it wasn't worth it (for politicians) to continue that program and keep spending money.
However, over those fifty years, technology has improved, got cheaper and private companies have emerged. You're now able to do the same mission, for much lower price. In the 60s about 4.5% of the federal budget was going to NASA, now it's only 0.5%. With a much smaller budget, NASA is today able to not only send people to the Moon, but build a first base as well.
And here's a video about Artemis program that I really like.
https://youtu.be/vl6jn-DdafM

Also, there is currently only one working robot on the surface of the Moon, Chinese Yutu-2. NASA hasn't sent one there since the 70s, but in the next few years about ten will be launched.