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Elon Musk soars while Bezos sues in the new space race

As competition between the space billionaires heats up, one is counting on engineers and the other on lawyers and red tape

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos addresses the media about the New Shepard rocket booster and Crew Capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Isaiah J. Downing/File Photo/File Photo
World+Biz

The billionaire space race reflects a colonial mindset that fails to imagine a different world

Vladimir Putin, space man. Photo: Bloomberg
Analysis

Russia, US and China are in a scary new space race

Satellite controller Sean Sauve works at the offices of Telesat, a Canadian satellite communications company, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Blair Gable
World+Biz

Canada's Telesat takes on Musk and Bezos in space race to provide fast broadband

Diplomacy by another name. Photographer: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg
Analysis

Vaccine diplomacy is the new space race