The big idea? Using the moon as a refueling station could make future space trips cheaper and more doable. As Haridopolos put it, There are different types of minerals on the moon, and that might allow us to reduce some of the cost of creating higher energy sources, and in general, we think this could be a gas station to space.
Artemis II is also NASA's first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since 1972, and it sets up plans to land astronauts on the moon by 2028, one step closer to building a lunar base for Mars missions in the 2030s.