I see from your comment on another post that you are a so-called skeptic, so no answer that is given will satisfy your irrational beliefs.
The simple reason is that it is very expensive; nothing to do with technological capabilities. And as there is little to be gained scientifically, then astronomers/geologists etc. would rather spend the money elsewhere.
Politicians are unwilling to ask taxpayers/voters to finance further manned (or womanned) trips to the Moon. For instance each space shuttle mission cost around a billion dollars. The cost of the Apollo programme in today's money would easily exceed 100 billion dollars.
Priorities may change when a Chinese person walks on the Moon...
Also worth noting that neither the USA or Russia have the launch capabilities of a Saturn V or similar at the moment. http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/5459/russian-manned-moon-landing-capability-today
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