The position

You believe space is a strategic and prestige domain where sovereign states compete. Planting facts on the ground, landers, infrastructure, robotic presence on the Moon and other bodies, matters as a claim of national capability and intent.

Internal variations

Sub-flavors within Space Nationalism

Prestige01 / 03

Chang'e-style state programs; national capability demonstration; flag-planting as foreign policy

Lunar Mercantilist02 / 03

State-backed lunar resource extraction; mercantile in the classical sense

Strategic03 / 03

Military and intelligence presence on lunar far side or strategic locations; sovereign control of orbital regimes

In good company with

Public figures placed here

Chinese space program (CNSA / CMS)

ILRS-leading; mixed human (Tiangong) and robotic (Chang'e) programs. Frontier-mode vis-a-vis Artemis Accords.