mrstickball on 10 August 2010
Because no one has put money into R&D for said arenas.
After the Apollo moon landing, funding for space projects plummeted. Landing on the moon was a token gesture by Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon to help us 'defeat the Soviets'. As soon as that was done, we didn't care.
Fortunately, private companies like SpaceX and Bigelow are making headways in space travel, and we're going to see some incredibly exciting things in the near future. SpaceX looks to reduce the costs of launching goods into outer space at a fraction of the cost of current NASA programs, and even considerably cheaper than Russian programs as well.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
