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Space exploration hit new highs in 2022 and Columnist Lucy Atkinson believes it's good we're going up into the sky again.

A new space race is looming

By Lucy Atkinson, Opinion Editor | January 23, 2023

For the first time since America’s 1960s dance with the Soviet Union, a brand new space race could be underway, but with luck, today’s discoveries will be less about the “race” and more about the “space.” 2022 was record-breaking in terms...