>>13604676its probably going to have to, given the terminal incompetence/uncaring corruption of every other institution with the bulk capital and industrial capacity to try
You'd have to play with the definition of "single handedly" to really change this
>muh chinamenthey're still decades behind the west technologically, and the west is over a decade behind SpaceX
It doesn't mean much if the chinese can do a manned boots and flags mission to Mars, since a permanent colony is the goalpost here
They need a full equal cost starship clone for that, and they're not going to pull that one off any time soon
