To be fair, while i'm just as depressed as you and angry at the American public/politicians that let this happen while our war budget is so god damn high, there is a lot of potential for our astronauts to hitch rides/work with the private space industry. Space X and Virgin Atlantic are going to play huge parts in scientific advances in the next 50 years I think.
Also, all it's really going to take is China, Dubai, or Russia going back to the Moon or Mars to get MURRKAAA interested again.
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