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It is impressive that the landings got so reliable that a failed landing is worth a headline, but the „boring“ successful Falcon9 landing are not. (At least not as the main topic)
Maybe someday a failed landing will be so rare they get NTSB investigations the way an aircraft crash does now.
One can only hope. For our descendants a trip to the moon might be just as routine as a transatlantic flight is today.
Unless our ability to cram delta-V into a spacecraft goes way beyond what seems possible now with chemical rockets, a trip to the moon is always gonna involve a few days of coasting through space. That’s always going to take more preparation than a transatlantic flight.
Let's go with "as routine as a cruise", then. We just need a good space elevator, orbital ring, skyhook...