re: Did the human error Buzz Aldrin committed during Apollo 11 prevent him from flying again?

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The 8 crew was about the only one early enough (without the Apollo 7 drama) to have repeats and Lovell did fly again. Borman would have commanded Apollo 11 and been the first man on the Moon, but turned Deke down when offered the command. He retired shortly after the Apollo 8 flight (a combination of factors). Anders got tabbed with bureaucratic stuff with the Space Council and, while technically still an astronaut, was effectively grounded with that.

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Another factor was there was a class of “scientist” astronauts being trained for the later missions. Harrison Schmitt who flew Apollo 17. was a geologist with no military, or aviation experience, others were Owen Garrett a atmospheric physicist, and Story Musgrave, who was a medical doctor and researcher in physiology. Their Apollo flights were canceled, but Garrett flew on Skylab. Musgrave didn’t get to flew in space until he was 50 years old, but flew on 5 or 6 shuttle missions, and was the only astronaut to fly on all 5 space shuttles. Garrett’s son became wealthy from developing video games, and was one of the people that paid around $20 million to the Russians for a trip to the International Space Station..