There are 2 active and several inactive rovers, not just Curiosity. Also, yes, space is awesome, but a lot of progress happened there because regimes clashed wi

There are 2 active and several inactive rovers, not just Curiosity. Also, yes, space is awesome, but a lot of progress happened there because regimes clashed with each other and tried to outdo each other. In the process, they moved fast and broke things in space as well. Also, what makes you think the world doesn't have any long-term vision? It's easier to plan (not execute, obviously) on shooting a rover onto Mars (relatively) than it is to plan what a country is going to do in a year.