0n the back of the cold war, we saw the space race, because, in essence, this was about the missiles attached and the rockets attached to the space flight programmes, so every single space launch was a show of power. and obviously we still see power playing out in space and space stations play a huge part in that too. three, two, one boosters and ignition... _ ..and liftoff of artemis i! we rise together back. to the moon and beyond. currently, america's space spending still dwarfs china's. nasa's latest mission, artemis, has begun and is ambitious. it's a long term commitment. the eventual aim is to have a human outpost on the moon by 2030. and it comes at a colossal price — $93 billion — with the american taxpayer footing the bill. the budget of nasa is increasing every year by 6%, 7%, 8%. if i take china, the missions to the moon, the missions to mars, the human space flight capability, the satellites in earth, observation and telecommunication and navigation, it's enormous. and i'm pretty sure