Maybe so... America has always had this isolationist tendency, and with the way things are going that seems to be getting worse. That said, Mars may well end up being a company planet. Elon Musk has stated his plans, and Boeing have thrown their hat into the ring by stating they'll get there first [the entire twitter exchange between him and Boeing's CEO is hilarious...but ends in "Game on!"]. So one or the other will win that space race... although we all win really.
I suspect Japan's likely to get there first, with China ending up like Russia the first time around. But I could be wrong. Aside from anything else, if the International Deep Space Portal gets built at L5, then that's going to be a game changer for a lot of manned missions Out There.
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I suspect Japan's likely to get there first, with China ending up like Russia the first time around. But I could be wrong. Aside from anything else, if the International Deep Space Portal gets built at L5, then that's going to be a game changer for a lot of manned missions Out There.