“Study of the moon is not the goal,” said Vitaly Egorov, a popular Russian space analyst. “The goal is political competition between two superpowers — China and the USA — and a number of other countries which also want to claim the title of space superpower.”
Foe years America used Russian rockets to get things into space.
RussianSoviet“Russian components, American components… ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!”
People, not things. America didn’t have man-rated rockets between 2012 and 2020.