That's probably a "layman's terms" translation of a more technical term NET April 1, which would be "Not Earlier Than" and is widely used in the industry.

Being a few months behind schedule is forgivable for human space flight.

If a SpaceX Falcon blows up on the pad, that's one thing. It's expensive but they accept that risk to move faster. At least they gain knowledge of what failed, to do better next time.

You can't apply that mentality once a human is piloting it however. That's how you get Columbia, Challenger, or Apollo 1.

As it's currently March, April seems very close to me. I didn't know there was a moon flight planned so this is a great headline to me.

I didn't even know we were within years of putting people around the moon, so I was surprised!

Seeing how the last test at the beginning of Feb found hydrogen leaks, it does sound very early to me

Messaging is everything!

Six day launch window April 1-6.