Maybe government is carrying the guilt of wasting so much money on a lie. That lie being that humans could not survive a trip outside of Earths orbit in the primitive “capsules” of the 1960’s and 70’s. If it is so easy, why have no other nations done it? Supposedly Tesla can launch and land booster rockets in a vertical position, while delivering a deep space probe, but the USA cannot even go to ISS without the help of the Ruskies. It is all very strange.....remember I said MAYBE....
Hog wash.
“Supposedly Tesla can launch and land booster rockets in a vertical position”
Supposedly? The company is SpaceX, not Tesla. They launched a Tesla, but the company doing the launching is SpaceX. And yes, they CAN launch and land booster rockets in a vertical position. Deal with it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59pY74ZhQ50
That’s the power of the private sector, something you’re supposed to appreciate on this site. No one has repeated Apollo because no one has launched a rocket as powerful as the Saturn V since then and no one has had the budget to do it. The USA will be sending astronauts back to ISS soon with the help of SpaceX, and with BFR they’ll be sending them beyond low earth orbit as well. Privatization is the way of the future.