Hello @thefutureishere and thanks for your great comment!
Yes, considering how most we see in technological advancements are just growing exponentially year by year, it is a bit disappointing that we still marvel at what we did in the sixties...

At the space agency here in Europe we do have a General Director who want to see us back on the Moon. The moon-village plan involving international and private + public collaboration looks like an ideal path forward to me. I hope we'll see it starting to take shape in the 2020s. :)