Futurology

Part of it is NASA struggles to pay competitive wages versus what some technology backgrounds can get you in the private sector. I know several people who work there and I used to work the launchpads myself until I got a better job.

At this point, I'm pretty sure Chinese taikonauts will get to the Moon, before American astronauts return.

Well yah, Musk pulled strings to gut the place of all their proprietary info and skilled engineers. How do you think SpaceX got so successful? It wasn't because of Musk.