> in the next 10 years they'll all going to struggle to develop re-usable rockets that can keep pace with SpaceX. National space programmes don't even need to

> in the next 10 years they'll all going to struggle to develop re-usable rockets that can keep pace with SpaceX. National space programmes don't even need to have re-usable hardware. Building hardware to be mission specific for 2-3 launches per year may well be cheaper than to re-engineer, and then reuse. Saturn 5 is sixties technology, parts, and materials. The biggest thing that contenders in national space programmes lack is really a match of talent with sane leadership. This is the thing that was exposed times, and times again by successes of Indian space programme.