The New Space Race

Frans Cronje explains why Artemis II signals the start of a new geopolitical space race, as global powers compete to control five critical chokepoints in near-Earth space.

9 min

In this clip Frans Cronje explains the significance of the Artemis II mission, not in terms of the human impact stories, but in terms of the much more important race for control of space. He unpacks how there are five "chokepoints" in space - the "Hormuz" points of space - and how control of these will allow for future control of mining, trade, energy production, governance, and weapons deployment in and from space. He argues that whoever controls these points in space will control the balance of power on Earth.

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