Tricky Dick ended the manned space program. Typical Nixon stunt. He didn’t see any more political gain in going to the moon but he could slice some millions off the budget if the program was ended. Nixon often had a wrong end of the telescope view as he constantly searched for some way to get himself the public stature he so desperately sought.
I sure hope you don’t think Tricky Dick did that all by himself ... The ‘Rats were absolutely itching to take NASA down a peg or three.