[throwaway132448]

What alternatives? By your logic only one country should have a launch rocket. Thankfully that’s not a world we live in because that makes no sense. But I’m happy for you if you can be content with a space programme without a rocket, that’s a nice low bar to live with, you can basically never miss.

[fancyfredbot]

I don't think my logic would lead to only one country with a launch rocket. Russia and China do not really have the option of using American rockets.

Britain however does have this option and as far as I know it has never had a problem launching satellites, so I guess it's worked out so far.