tonoy, you misunderstand what I was saying. NASA's accomplishments over the last 50 years are for everyone to see, none can take that away. their current capabilities and budget too dwarfs other space programs.
that however does not mean that they enjoy the same level of superiority that they used to have (well they and the russians were the only ones, so it was no competition really. others were not even
in the race)
in the future that superiority will further erode, NASA will
have to cooperate with other space agencies if they want to maintain their edge, due to these agencies being more efficient economically and this will also invariably lead to niche areas where they will take over NASA in technology as well.
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Sure, it might not be the most efficient agency, but the sheer amount of achievements it has made over the past 5 decades are insurmountable by any present agency.
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but why would any agency want to repeat what NASA has already done ?
they would rather work on new areas ! in that, past history won't amount to much.