We mourned the dead of a school teacher some time ago. It is a dangerous mission. We watched as O-Rings failed while freezing temperatures contracted to a size they weren't able to do their jobs.
The Chinese Space Program is a matter of national pride. I don't know of any REASONABLE directive in the USA that would see either the Chinese or Russian Space Program as an impingement to USA national security to the point where the Space Shuttle would become a weapon of mass destruction to either Russia or China.
It gives an entire new definition to 'Star Wars.'
I don't think it is funny and if any of USA capacity is in PLAY to destroy sovereign space programs while a PRIVATE venue is being nurtured in the USA by NASA, then heads are going to have to role and I'll volunteer to operate the guillotine.
The frontier of space for any country is dangerous enough without imperiling its safety. Odd, these two incidents happened so close together.
