Dude, the moon landing was 41 years ago.
Anyway, plenty of advances have been made... jets are are more efficient, last longer, and are more reliable. Automated and/or remote flight is not only possible but is commonplace in military applications. Stealth technology is being implemented into nearly everything produced by top military powers. NASA figured out how to land something on Mars for 1/4 the expense by bouncing it like a giant beach ball. Everybody with a few bucks and a motive is launching a satellite into space. It's not only commonplace now but it's also inexpensive.
The problem is that advances haven't been in "cool shit" but instead, they've focused on making flight accessible and affordable to the masses while the military has focused on getting pilots out of airplanes and making the planes they do have invisible to sensors.
When you think about it, very little good is achieved by pushing at the moon (or Mars, really) in this day and age. Other than a publicity boost, there isn't much there that can't be done far more effectively and in greater numbers by machines for the same cost.
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