Sibling comment made a good point about how the hot stuff in science 60-70 years ago was rocketry and physics where now so much "talent" is in "computer science".
Another thing: we are trying to do things a lot better than we did 60 years ago - fully reusable craft that, I assume, practically flies itself.
Another thing: we are trying to do things a lot better than we did 60 years ago - fully reusable craft that, I assume, practically flies itself.