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<em>We stand on the brink of the new space race, not fuelled by the Cold War between superpowers, but by competing private companies. It’s an unbelievably fascinating and extremely important event on which clings the future of our society, civilisation and planet as a whole. In today’s age space is closer and more open to us than ever before, thanks to the herculean effort of several private companies. The question today is whether there is a place in this race for small, independent companies and start-ups without multi-million budgets and what options they have.</em>