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[i]...It does not seem likely that the future of US spaceflight lies in trying to recreate the Apollo moment that culminated 47 years ago with the Apollo 11 Moon landing. That was a phenomenal achievement, but the Cold War is over, and we are never again going to spend 5 percent of the nation's budget on spaceflight to promote American exceptionalism. Moreover, we live in a multipolar world. NASA's most meaningful achievements today are accomplished with the help of international partners. NASA leads, certainly, but it is stronger with other nations at its side. Here's what Collins really missed on Wednesday night, however. Yes, NASA relies on Russia. But within a couple of years, the country will have not one, but two commercial vehicles providing rides to the space station from US soil, manufactured by SpaceX and Boeing. Despite the bleak picture Collins painted on stage in Cleveland, there is an incredible vibrancy in the US launch industry that the rest of the world is scrambling to catch up to. NASA isn't driving this push to build modern, low-cost rockets — all-American capitalism is.[/i]
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