

While you are correct, NASA cannot send people to high earth orbit without endangering the astronauts. The crewed missions are dead in the water, but many do not realize this.
This situation exists because while NASA has increasingly severe political issues; the organization still has enough integrity to scrub the missions each time they are close to launch.
Other countries and private companies can later send astronauts safely. Nasa will require changes in American politics, that are not realistic, before they can get new ships and goals


Many hate mail in ballots because these are not as easily corrupted.
The more people will cast their votes on privately controlled and unregulated voting machines, the better it is for the wealthy.
Some states have no such devil machines. In which case the restricting of participation is a bonus