Starship Enterprises: Why space is the next political battleground

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Space – the final frontier, and the next political battleground? As nations compete for dominance and resources, Andrew Harrison is joined by Tim Marshall, author of The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World, to discuss how this might go beyond the confines of earth. “I was going to say the world is our oyster, but the universe is.” “If one country controls low earth orbit… they would be the gatekeeper of who could go out into space and beyond.” “The space industry will be worth a trillion dollars before 2030.” Pre-order The Future Of Geography here. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Producers: Kasia Tomasiewicz and Liam Tait. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Alex Rees. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.0	This time, we're going to send you to outer space
1:17.0	to find another race for economic and political supremacy.
1:20.0	Richard Branson's virgin orbit might be filed for bankruptcy, but the space sector overall is booming.
1:26.0	Its value reached $464 billion in 2022, according to Euro consult.
1:31.0	Almost four-fifths of that was in services like satellite-based
1:34.9	information and telecoms. And a report commission of the European Space Agency says the
1:39.3	space economy is at a similar inflection point to the internet 20 years ago.
1:44.0	Invest now or miss out on the next wave of Googles and apples.
1:47.5	Space is increasingly a focus of military confrontation as well.
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