A big part of the slowdown in crewed* space exploration was because of the Challenger disaster. Reagan was involved in that, but it wasn't HIS bad judgment that caused the crash. It was people within NASA who said, "let's go for it, so we have something impressive to show the president before the State of the Union."
It doesn't sound so grand to say we will put a robot on Mars and bring her safely home.
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It doesn't sound so grand to say we will put a robot on Mars and bring her safely home.