The US hasn’t launched an astronaut in, what 8 years? If we are going to return men to the surface of the moon in 5 years, I know some programs that are really going to have to step up the pace. The Orion crew vehicle has only flown once two years ago and wont fly again until ???, and even then its next mission is still unmanned. That’s like the equivalent of the Apollo command module. We have nothing but paper design of a lunar lander.
Space is expensive and risky, but for Pete’s sake, get serious or get off the pot.
Agreed. It’s like they are just making stuff up now because whenever the Administration orders something, nothing ever happens. They should just promise everyone a pony.