Not Really
The Aurora program was a grab bag of astrobiology & manned space which got mauled at the ministerial level; with the astrobiology component supposedly described as NASA junk science & the manned component rejected as ill thought out pork barrelling (which basically is what it was). Given the strong space ties between the ESA states & the PRC already, the Europeans are hardly likely to see them as a racist threat, either.
Robert
