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I am not sure that many countries would want to get involved in the Chinese space program, which has always been secretive, and dominated by nationalist goals rather than scientific ones. It seems that the Russians would welcome other participants in their program, though it seems unlikely that Brazil would want to fund what appears to be a struggling and lackluster Russian program.

I am also not sure why a reduction in international collaborators for NASA would be strategically bad for the USA. I am a strong proponent of space exploration, but NASA is not an important part of US military strategy; NASA is mostly a luxury which allows the US to demonstrate its technological supremacy.




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