China has made up so much ground on clean tech in part through protectionism until recently, wind farms were required to use turbines with locally manufactured parts.
The damaged spacecraft was lifted out of its crater by helicopter and moved to a sterile "clean room" on the Army's Dugway Proving Ground in Utah following the crash.
By tackling the issue now it could regain the high moral ground (at the same time as forging ahead in the clean-energy business, which Europe might otherwise dominate).