And blame the public
Many of whom got bored with sending men to the Moon, as Apollo 13
demonstrated so ably.
I suppose they can't be totally faulted, as they were led to believe
back then that Apollo was just the start. We were supposed to have
lunar bases, Mars bases, and huge space stations in Earth orbit, all
in preparation for a big mission to the moons of Jupiter.
Then NASA goes as says No more lunar missions until the end of the
20th Century - but we've got this really exciting Space Shuttle idea
that'll launch 100 times a year and bring space costs down to mere
pennies!
And we have this bridge in Brooklyn for you too, at cost!