These photos are great reminders of a time when Americans, who are now grandfathers and great-grandfathers, could actually conceive, design and successfully implement the most complex project in mankind's history in less time than it takes to get EPA permits approved and construct a city building today.
Starting from scratch they released men from the confines of the earth for the first time in history, sent them to the moon and brought them home safely.
Today with a budget and workforce many times larger, NASA can't even send a crew into low earth orbit. It isn't due to a lack of skills and ability, it is a lack of real leadership in a government headed up by small, incompetent, bitter people.
Incorrect. NASA's peak budget year was 1966 at $32 billion in constant dollars equaling 4.41% of the federal budget. Today it is $18 billion equaling 0.49% of the budget.