Space is the new frontier of geopolitics

There is far more at stake in the 21st-century space race than bragging rights of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos .

Space exploration might be a business opportunity, but it has also become the new frontier of geopolitics.

The ultimate victor will need more than ingenuity and technological capability.

America is lucky to have billionaires like Musk and Bezos who aspire to conquer space.

But the frontier it needs to conquer to stay ahead is far closer to Earth .

Dr Norman Lewis is a writer and visiting research fellow at MCC Brussels .

His Substack is What a Piece of Work is Man!.