"'forget' how to go above Low Earth Orbit."
Tell it to Pioneer 10, 11, Voyager 1 and 2, New Horizon, Galileo, Cassini, Messenger, and the rovers wandering around Mars... where are the Russian deep-space probes?
Tell it to Pioneer 10, 11, Voyager 1 and 2, New Horizon, Galileo, Cassini, Messenger, and the rovers wandering around Mars... where are the Russian deep-space probes?