>>10935122because the reasons for not going back are
>we now have far more importance placed on the safety of the astronautsduring the cold war the US wanted to bring humans onto the moon and didn't care of they got cancer when they got back. Nowadays that isn't something they'll accept
>less importanceduring the cold war they were desperately trying to one-up the Soviets, so a lot of money was pumped into that. Nowadays the demand for a moon mission is pretty low
>tl;dr the USA could go technology wise, but doesn't want to do it with the current risks 
