This time we are competing with ourselves. Ballistic, warhead-bearing spacecraft are about the only space-faring news coming from the other side of the planet these days. Boeing and SpaceX are presently engaged in crew capsule ops, as candidates vying for NASA contracts to ferry ISS-bound astronauts. SpaceX’ Dragon capsule should be ready for humans next year, and Boeing has the new Starliner almost ready for a first test flight tomorrow.
(Late Update) “We have since experienced an off-nominal insertion and the spacecraft is in a stable position…” Both the Dragon and Starliner have experienced significant anomalies in development.