Hmmmm - - -
It looks as if they left the Chinese out of the mix. Wonder why, unless they don't want to invest too much in Western rocketeering, or are interested in their own parallel program.
And, at the rate relationships are deteriorating, I wonder how long the US would cooperate with European countries. If the EU doesn't want to help start a war in the Middle East, "you're either for us or against us" Bush could get upset. It doesn't seem beyond the realm of possibility that in another couple of years the US could reduce participation in NATO (as Russia enters), and the year after that Bush could boycott the EU.
I think some of the ISS contributors are a bit let down about the US cutting back on it's ISS participation, too.
Arf