CNSA / Roscosmos — ILRS
Rival lunar bloc
[Report #107 — 2026 Space Race] Chang'e 7/8 (water-ice, ISRU) → crewed landing 2030; International Lunar Research Station with automated lunar nuclear reactor ~2033-2035 (station ~2036); rejects the Artemis Accords. Parallel hedging, not a shared apex. Apex held; manifestation b.
Also in The Off-World Substrate
SpaceX — Starshield / MILNETDoD logistics backboneBlue Origin — New Glenn / Project SunriseOrbital compute competitorNASA — Artemis + Space Reactor OfficeState apparatus fused with commercialISRO + JAXAMultipolar sovereign accessThe Off-World Exemption — Accords / ITARWho writes the carve-outs in spaceThe Physics Null — Thermal BottleneckThe compound-path baseline