Sure it does.
We've got billions of humans to spend on getting humanity out of its gravity well. We can and will spare a few more.
Getting humanity out of our gravity well is the most important task this species faces, along with stabilizing our use of the resources in this one. https://nickbostrom.com/papers/astronomical-waste/
If you're not willing to spend a few lives on this problem you're not serious about the problem.
obviously that isn't true -- it aims to be relatively safe
...but in any case - it aims to bring humanity to the moon. That's the aim. Keep your eye on the prize.
"It is very risky, and we are intimately [aware] of that risk"
ie It's not perfectly safe, and the astronauts are well aware of this fact.
"do what scares you...that's why I'm [on artemis]"
clearly very risk-aware.
Sure it does.
We've got billions of humans to spend on getting humanity out of its gravity well. We can and will spare a few more.
Getting humanity out of our gravity well is the most important task this species faces, along with stabilizing our use of the resources in this one. https://nickbostrom.com/papers/astronomical-waste/
If you're not willing to spend a few lives on this problem you're not serious about the problem.