Well possession is 9/10th’s of the law. That and the United States apparently has no national will to explore the solar system beyond low earth orbit.
There’s an American flag on the moon already.
Yep, they will soon own the high ground while the ISS is over 20 years old and continues to fall apart.
China is launching the first modules of its new space station next year, already selecting 18 astronauts to build it.
China is moving forward with plans for moon bases while we send more women up for tampon studies.
NASA is a joke these days, fading away while commercial spaceflight takes over, rudderless leadership, living off the past. Might as well shut down the manned spaceflight programs, they arent going anywhere.