I kind of feel the same way. The shuttle was such a step forward in capability, and certainly looked cooler. However, a teardrop-shaped capsule is necessary for flights to higher orbits and to the moon. Something like the shuttle could only be used in relatively low Earth orbit because the re-entry velocity is much lower. Re-entering at the higher speeds involved coming back from the moon, for example, requires a capsule configuration to survive it.
So we’re going to be seeing a lot of capsules for the foreseeable future, from not only SpaceX but also Boeing and others. Of course, there is one exception which is the SpaceX Starship, if they can get it to stop rapidly disassembling during tests.
Capsules. A great childhood memory of mine was seeing a flatbed truck hauling three Apollo capsules parked at a roadhouse restaurant somewhere in Georgia.
The food was always great in those roadhouse places.