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The New Space Race: Geopolitics, Billionaires, and the Quest for the Cosmos

The global arena has officially entered The New Space Race, a multipolar, hyper-commercialized scramble for orbital and lunar dominance that looks vastly different from the Cold War rivalry of the 20th century. In the 1960s, the race to space was a binary geopolitical battle between the United States and the Soviet Union, fueled strictly by government funding and ideological pride. Today, the cosmos has transformed into an crowded frontier where sovereign superpowers, emerging nations, and private billionaires collide. From Duopoly to Multipolar Alliances

Unlike the original race, the modern era features a complex network of international players and competing coalitions. Book Review: The New Space Race – NSS