WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Mike Griffin ruled out Chinese participation in the assembly of the international space station (ISS), adding that any U.S.-Chinese collaboration on human space flight projects would have to happen “well down the road.” But Griffin also raised the possibility of nearer-term cooperation with China on Earth science and other unmanned space endeavors.

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