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tzfld on Dec 7, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: China prepares mission to land spacecraft on moon'...

There is no way a space race like the one during the Cold War can appear again. Nonetheless the term space race is often used by the media just because it sounds more dramatic.

melling on Dec 7, 2018 [–]

It doesn’t have to be the same type. This time the military could be involved. Its budget is approaching NASA’s.

https://spacenews.com/some-fresh-tidbits-on-the-u-s-military...

The Trump Administration wants a Space Force, for example:

https://www.space.com/40942-trump-space-force-reopens-milita...

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