With China emerging as a major power in space, can the International Space Station -- in its remaining years of operation -- play a new role in an era of international competition hundreds of kilometers above Earth?
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently announced a commitment to extend operation of the ISS by six years until 2030. The United States aims to smoothly transition to a commercial space station constructed by the private sector, and devote more of its own resources to exploration missions to the moon and Mars.
