The Space Shuttle was intended to fly 26 missions a year, a flight every 2 weeks. When did NASA officially give up on this goal and who made the decision?

by Srekcalp
Subs-man

Pinging /u/IrishWaterPolo who specialises in the space race. Follow-up question, come the early-mid '70's why did public interest in the space race seemingly dwindle? When only 6 years previous the moon landings had received mass media attention.