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Where are we on the space race in Malaysia and Singapore?
Singapore consolidated. Malaysia multiplied. And one of Malaysia's three spaceport projects just attracted serious attention from Beijing.
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Four People Just Broke a 56-Year Record. Most of Asia Didn't Notice.
Artemis II just looped the Moon and broke a 56-year distance record. The bigger story: every Asian country is quietly picking a side in the next Moon race.
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The Asian Space Industry Nobody Is Talking About — Including in Asia
A region is quietly building the next layer of orbital infrastructure. Why almost nobody — in Asia or out of it — is writing about it.
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Shirley Saw
Writer based in Malaysia. I cover the Asian commercial space industry the same way I'd want it covered if I were trying to build inside it — clearly, sceptically, and with the regional context that gets lost when the story is told from outside.
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