Insight on why the Space Program has Failed after Apollo

Today I read something very interesting in a comment on a post from spacepolitics.com. The comment was made on a post about NASA administrator Michael Griffin cleaning house. I will have to get permission to post the full transcript here, but it was so well thought out that I thought I should mention it so more people will read it. It is about why the space program has failed to do anything of much note in the years since Apollo, and it hit some of my feelings toward space exploration right on the nose. As I have said before, I am developing a vision for space exploration and I think the comment I am refering to here will turn out to be one of the major building blocks used in my project. So again, keep coming back here and I will keep developing my ideas.

The comment I am refering to that I think you all should read is in this article, a comment made by Dfens on June 15 at 1:55 pm , to which I responded on the 16th. Please read it and be enlightened.