Moon of Alabama — U.S. Excluded China From International Space Projects - It Build Its Own

"Competition."

The attempts to keep China and increasingly also Russia away from international space projects have only led to them starting competing projects. These are likely to gain more countries to cooperate with them.

The exclusionary policy of the U.S. has not been successful. In the end it resulted in a loss of influence over future projects for which China and Russia are inviting everyone but the U.S....

Moon of Alabama
U.S. Excluded China From International Space Projects - It Build Its Own