The country has changed since the 60’s. We are in full tribal mode. Our ruling elites think space exploration is just money wasted that could have been used for social programs. NASA is run by affirmative action bureaucrats now. The shuttle program is too much for them, really.
Now I know why the Confederacy lost, people like you with your attitude where fighting in the Civil War... Such a defeatist attitude..
Yeah. We are now being destroyed by the Commie Usurper in the White Pad, who along with his commie buddies have bankrupted the country to the point we couldn't afford to build a space suit for the mission. He was preceded by Klintoon, who gave the Chicoms the information they needed to get the job done. So the exploration of space will likely be done by them, paid for by our national debt interest.