| > China doesn’t cooperate with other agencies largely because they have no desire to. Which nation refuses to sign more international treaties than any other and is actively working to retroactively disengage and absolve themselves of the responsibility they signed up for? Hint: It's not China. [1] China was explicitly banned from the ISS program[2], you'll let the Saudis who stone adulterers to death in the streets but for some reason China can't possibly participate in the only hope for humanity to unite as one. China's space program is offering a lot to the scientific world and they keep pushing forward despite US efforts to stop everyone on Earth collaborating with them. Their lunar base and farside radio telescope plans have some in the interantional community willing to give a big fu to those from overseas who demand we ignore what they are doing. Breaking out of your bubble is a good thing now and then. Any country taking sides in the coldwarV2.0 game is getting played and you will be left behind. Look after yourself. [1] https://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/26665-us-position-on-int... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_International_... |
"American space policy is not like other American foreign policy"
As to restrictions against China, blame Congress not NASA. But the bans are not blanket bans, they are actually highly specific.