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Jan 2024
21m 32s

In a new space race, who’s in and who’s ...

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Are we entering a new space race? Later this month, Japan aims to land a probe on the moon’s south pole. If it’s successful, it would be the fifth nation ever to have a successful moon landing. Just months earlier, India became fourth. Is the next generation of the space race heating up, and what will it mean for democratic access to space? 

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  • Namrata Goswami (@namygoswami), Professor, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University

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This episode was produced by Negin Owliaei and our host Malika Bilal. Zaina Badr and Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

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