We should have our own manned space program.
We do, we just don’t actually have any launch capability in the area of man-rated boosters. It’s a stupid situation. President Reagan wanted Space Station Freedom, Carl Sagan and the rest of the left wanted the International Space Station.
The Pentagon shouldn’t be relying on our Russian enemy to launch the replacement for GPS, either.
So, you think the once premier spacefaring nation should be able to lift their own astronauts into space? Wow, what a great idea!