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Originally Posted by Neel Here
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.
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.
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When it comes to space, countries don't normally compete too much. Even during cold war era, while Americans and Russians had missiles pointed at each other, their astronaut would work and live together up there.