>>12987181its simple
Congress didn't want to pay for more landings, and Nixon wanted to stop putting his political capital behind another man's legacy
>what about the rooskiesthey didn't have a functioning rocket since the N1 was a defective piece of shit that couldn't be properly tested, and after the landing, they had no political reason to justify the continued expense, cause space is fucking expensive and the USSR was dirt poor
and lastly, you ARE going back, in 2024 under the Artemis missions
2023 with Dear Moon if you count flybys