In other words, it was all about "Hard Power ". Nowadays going into space is also a chance to enter a new war: the one for information and telecommunications, the one for prestige, or "Soft Power "; human dreams of adventure and exploration notwithstanding. After the Moon, who will be the first to set foot on Mars?

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