How is it depressing if something previously thought of as impossible turns out to be possible? Maybe the costs are *ahem* astronomical, so the tech is reserve

How is it depressing if something previously thought of as impossible turns out to be possible? Maybe the costs are *ahem* astronomical, so the tech is reserved for very large ships, only needing or affording a few trips. You know, like our one ever visit to the Moon. Maybe they’re the tubes connecting gates or wormholes carrying a regular traffic of thousands of ships.