> What happens if China leaps ahead by not seeking profits of all this? Isn't this essentially where we are right now? In this century China has launched three

> What happens if China leaps ahead by not seeking profits of all this? Isn't this essentially where we are right now? In this century China has launched three crewed space stations, the rest of the world has launched zero. (Bigelow launched two demonstrators, but they were never crewed). The US has a lot of stations that should go up this or next year in response to the ISS retiring, meanwhile China is quietly operating their current station since 2021 I am confident that at least one of the US programs will succeed. But right now the US doesn't have the lead