Maybe so. But while we're going back to an Apollo-like system to get us to the moon (and maybe Mars), the Russians are just now developing a Shuttle-like system (just as we're abandoning it). Have to hand it to them, though...six-person craft. Pretty cool.
>Russians are just now developing a Shuttle-like system
Russian Shuttle-like system was developed by USSR, tested in autonomous flight, and abandoned for good many years ago.
Klipper is very different from Shuttle/Buran concept in many ways, but still uses experience we obtained while building Buran.