I remember when the space shuttle was retired in 2011 and everyone acted like humanity gave up on human spaceflight. That however was not the case.
Reusable rockets and now space capsules have made getting into space much cheaper.
Perhaps those reusable rockets and capsules could be good for transporting astronauts to a spacecraft like this.
Everything NASA and now the private industry has done in space are stepping stones on a long journey or puzzle pieces being assembled into a puzzle. From Mercury to Skylab to the ISS and now reusable rocket tech, this adventure we call space exploration is not complete. The Puzzle is not complete.
There are exciting things in the works!
Unfortunately many people won't get excited in space travel until someone invents a warp drive.