I think they were talking about the top and upper-right spikes being forked, not about the spikes being present.

The next frontier of lunar exploration is gonna be lava tubes, and neither NASA nor ESA are gonna use humans for that (at least at first). I agree that nothing but SLS can put humans back on the Moon, but I still think the money would be better spent on robotic missions that could do all the same science, and then some, without the added cost of human-rating or the added risk (or eventuality) of deaths putting a damper on mission goals.

I still don't understand why putting humans on the moon again is on the table besides "well China says they're gonna do it, so... we gotta do it first to stake a claim."