How private companies are aiming for the stars | DW Documentary
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Published 2023-06-23
China is also jostling for dominance in space. And when NASA ended rocket launches for financial reasons in 2011, this cleared the way for private companies to compete over a huge future business sector that includes space tourism, satellite operations and raw material extraction. Companies such as Space X, Blue Origin, Axiom Space and many more have already staked their claim to this highly lucrative space market.
More than 50 years after the moon landings, entrepreneurial spirit and scientific progress have rekindled humankind’s dream of conquering space. An extraterrestrial design hotel is already in the planning phase; space raw material mining trials are underway. But state-sponsored space exploration is still indispensable.
The science documentary "New Space Race" gained exclusive access to the German Aerospace Center’s Moon-analog mission "ARCHES" on Mount Etna in Sicily. Using the landscape here as a substitute for the Moon, research teams run trials for crewed missions to space using robots. It’s already clear that if humans are going to land on other planets one day, the success of scientific endeavors such as this one is crucial. Also clear: The new space race has begun.
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All Comments (21)
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Popping up into space for a couple of minutes before freefalling back down is literally scratching the surface. SpaceX's Innovation4 is what I consider to be the first commercial space mission - civilians who actually went into space, stayed there for days before coming back.
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I’m thrilled by the wealth of great information contained in documentaries such as this. Thanks so much, DW. Please, keep on.
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Thank u for all making effort to be able to watch it.
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Not quite as good as the space mining DW documentary but still fun to watch. Thank you DW!
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Highly appreciate your documentaries DW 👍🎉
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"Only twelve people have set foot on the moon".. umm that's actually super impressive, don't downplay our successes
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"When you go outside to work on it." I can barely contain my envy.
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We should be going into space TOGETHER not as “nations” WE are planet Earth!
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Im excited as a human what we are going to accomplish 30 years from now
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Ideally a moon base could be built underground, to shield from radiation, easier climate control, resistance to impacts, etc.
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As always an amazing documentary by DW 👍.
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We are on the precipice of the unknown and unimaginable becoming very much understood and commonplace, how exciting an age we live in.
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I do humble requests to all space companies across the world Please don't make space as a dustbin, you're destroying earth but stay away from space, everything is not for your enjoyment.
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Professional Documentaries r so well presented that it feel like a totally dreamy world like movies
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Highlights: 0:09 - Blue Origin launched its first trip for space tourists. 1:13 - A European lunar lander has just reached the moon's south pole, private companies will touch down here. 5:13 - The United States had won the race to land a person on the moon. 12:07 - The development of the MaMBA habitat is still in the early stages. 14:10 - We have to learn how to work in a nearby environment that's not that different from Mars. 18:07 - China is pouring money into space exploration. 21:57 - Kayla Barron worked outside to support the space station. 23:22 - Many astronauts describe their experience as transformative. 25:20 - Axiom Space is building the first commercial space station. 31:46 - SpaceX and Blue Origin are counting on reusability. 34:13 - The private sector has finally taken an interest in space exploration. 36:08 - ARDEA contains all the computational components and the cameras. 38:15 - Luxembourg is a driving player behind a new idea: space mining. 41:31 - Europe is always in the shadow of NASA when it comes to space exploration.
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Great job DW, I'm inspired...
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I'm worried this will end up being a cyberpunk dystopia
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We need to keep pushing for the skies, it’s our nature to explore and our only hope for real future
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@1:13 "Image the year 2028. An European lander has landed on the moon's south pole..." Well you do not need to imagine and wait 5 more years. India's lunar mission took off yesterday and is en-route to touch down on the South Pole in a month's time.
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I wish I was born right at the moment we just discovered a way to travel to another habital plant. I would jump right on board and go help build a new civilization.
