Fifty years ago, we were able to get men to walk on the moon...Today our “astronauts” have to hitch a ride with Russian Soyuz craft just to get to the space station that is only 254 miles above earth...
We’ve come a long way, baby.../s
Yes, it's humiliating considering that we paid for and constructed most of that station.
Our *manned* space program is a national disgrace. The active astronaut roster is 38 as of last year. The number of spaceships for the to fly is zero. They spend four hours per week flying trainer jets to maintain their "qualification" (ailerons and rudders don't work in space).
Then there's the NASA's 2010 Muslim Outreach scandal and their 2015 climate data scandal. It has become one of the most useless federal agencies. Just shut it down.