Several reasons, some of which are:<p>1) &quot;Been there, done that - why go back?&quot;<p>2) The Soviets aren&#x27;t trying to get there anymore, so the Americans don&#x27;t see the point of trying.<p>3) We couldn&#x27;t even if we wanted to (Apollo equipment is long-since obsolete and unusable, a successor program to return to the moon was scrapped by Obama in 2010).<p>4) Nobody is keen on spending the billions it would require.<p>I find it sad that we don&#x27;t even have the ability to go to the moon anymore, but there you go, I guess that&#x27;s the way it works when we let our money-saving drive control our curiosity.