Quote Originally Posted by pendell View Post
Point of order, the international space station is not "our" space station. It is a joint venture between the US, Canada, the EU, Japan, and the Russian Federation.
With the vast majority of the cost being covered by the United States, crewed mostly by US astronauts (we have had more crew on the ISS than nearly all other nations combined. The only other country that even comes close is Russia), and we're the ones who banned China from participation.

Yes, it is an international venture, but if someone wants to have a measuring contest its not out of hand to claim that as one of our accomplishments.