[kinoxi]

No one is going to want to limit their 'gray area' of territorial freedom to the US's obvious dominance. It will most likely proceed as it has. If the dems get back in power and the chicoms get their classified info pipeline back up and running they might get cockier. The best thing to do in my opinion is stated in this article.

[RightWhale]

It is beginning to look like the Ds might get back in power enough to kill the new moon program. Since, IMHO, gov't will never develop outer space, private enterprise will have to do it. However, private enterprise is stymied by lack of property rights. So, space development remains strangled in the cradle. (Terminology from the Moon, Mars, and Beyond Presidential report.)