I have weird feelings with the "our world" wording. According to the country that will get there first, "our world" may be "their world"... I would really prefer getting there as Earthlings than as citizens of this or that country, but I don't think so this will happen as I would like to.
PS: assuming we will ever get there, which I have no strong opinion about.
Yes, the countries really are trying to dominate outside earth, lol. It's the same race for the moon as well. I am not sure if this is possible either, but if this happens, Elon Musk gets a planet to do real estate business on. And that would be the new definition of filthy rich.