> we are discovering exoplanets left and right. Why is it so order in our own backyard?

Discovering exoplanets is sort of like seeing distant mountains, we can spot them because they're "easy" to find by just looking for dips in light from their respective stars.

Discovering a planet near us is like being able to identify a small pebble from far away because we can't use the same methods we use to find exoplanets, so we're just blindly looking into space trying to see if one of the millions of little dots we can see moves like a planet would.

All manned rockets have a launch escape system to protect the crew and all rockets have flight termination systems to destroy the rocket in case of failure.