Ah no “Well...bye”
We have NO man space flight capability at this time... Nara zip nothing
When they retired the space shuttle they didn’t have replacement man system ...and we still don’t ....thanks Obama
we have to hitch a ride up to the space station with the Russians
So as of today right now
The Russians have the capability of putting men into space
The Chinese have the capability of putting men into space
And that it...only those two countries in the world that can put a man into space
We can’t right now
We do not have a system in place at this time
Then so be it. At this point “man in space” isn’t worth the expense. Robots in space. Robots in orbit. Robots on the moon. Robots on Mars. Robots diving down into the seas of moons around Jupiter and Saturn. Robots on the way to Alpha Centauri. Robots mining asteroids. Robots corralling comets.
We can field an army of robots for the cost of a single human in space. And we can do so much more. Including have the tech in place to restrain mischief-makers.