How private companies are aiming for the stars | DW Documentary

Billionaires are setting their sights on outer space. Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are all sending rockets, people and technology to the stars. Other entrepreneurs around the world also want to join this new contest. Who’ll win the race?
China is also jostling for dominance in space. And when NASA ended rocket launches for financial reasons in 2011, this cleared the way for private companies to compete over a huge future business sector that includes space tourism, satellite operations and raw material extraction. Companies such as Space X, Blue Origin, Axiom Space and many more have already staked their claim to this highly lucrative space market.
More than 50 years after the moon landings, entrepreneurial spirit and scientific progress have rekindled humankind’s dream of conquering space. An extraterrestrial design hotel is already in the planning phase; space raw material mining trials are underway. But state-sponsored space exploration is still indispensable.
The science documentary "New Space Race" gained exclusive access to the German Aerospace Center’s Moon-analog mission "ARCHES" on Mount Etna in Sicily. Using the landscape here as a substitute for the Moon, research teams run trials for crewed missions to space using robots. It’s already clear that if humans are going to land on other planets one day, the success of scientific endeavors such as this one is crucial. Also clear: The new space race has begun.
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[@malikairadmanovick1248]

"Only twelve people have set foot on the moon".. umm that's actually super impressive, don't downplay our successes

[@bearbones4347]

Haha yah right.😂😂😂😂 delusional

[@malikairadmanovick1248]

@bearbones4347 delusions are the ignorance of not recognizing that we went from trees and caves to other planets. If you can't marvel or at the least appreciate the advancement in ingenuity and understanding from a historical perspective, then I feel sorry that you lost that sense of wonder my friend.

[@JigilJigil]

And what makes it more impressive is that it was in 60s and 70s, over 50 years ago.

[@TheStockwell]

The Wright Brothers made the first powered flight in 1993. Sixty-six years later, people were walking on the moon. No. Wait. I keep forgetting that D.W. Griffith faked the flight at Kitty Hawk. He did it on a soundstage in Fort Lee, New Jersey! 😂

[@prime12602]

Nobody is downplaying except you.

[@TomNook.]

Popping up into space for a couple of minutes before freefalling back down is literally scratching the surface. SpaceX's Innovation4 is what I consider to be the first commercial space mission - civilians who actually went into space, stayed there for days before coming back.

[@raitheon]

Yes SpaceX is the only one truly making history

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

@@raitheonWell there very well might be more soon like Relativity, Rocketlab, and Astra. It’s really just blue origin that makes other companies besides SpaceX look bad, because people equate companies that aren’t SpaceX to playing in the mud like blue origin is, but that’s not the case

[@raitheon]

@@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze do you know what blue origins goal is long-term?

[@java4653]

LOL. So they flew in a rocket & stayed at NASA'S ISS, returning the same way as Apollo 50 years ago. That's not anything special at all. Somebody needs to explain to this MuskCult member that SpaceX is just a rocket company. MuskCultists will exaggerates anything.

[@Stk3r]

who knows, maybe Virgin Galactic the other commercial space companies may earn enough money to design and manufacture larger, more robust civilian spaceliners, like 747's but for space

[@rinner2801]

"When you go outside to work on it." I can barely contain my envy.

[@ashutoshtripathi9666]

I do humble requests to all space companies across the world Please don't make space as a dustbin, you're destroying earth but stay away from space, everything is not for your enjoyment.

[@PedroLopez-rw7qw]

I’m thrilled by the wealth of great information contained in documentaries such as this. Thanks so much, DW. Please, keep on.

[@lambertois11]

You are a paid troll!

[@IWantSoundKnowledge]

Thank the German taxpayer!

[@Toddis]

Ideally a moon base could be built underground, to shield from radiation, easier climate control, resistance to impacts, etc.

[@ekkeekie7537]

yeah good luck with that

[@craigmackay4909]

Elon musks.“The boring company “ they only really talk about Tesla and space x .

[@joelmulder]

And not even any need to make your own holes, there’s already plenty of lava tubes. Literal free real estate.

[@kyawmin-rb3hv]

Thank u for all making effort to be able to watch it.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@theElrin]

We should be going into space TOGETHER not as “nations” WE are planet Earth!

[@finntroll1000]

Im excited as a human what we are going to accomplish 30 years from now

[@leonardohernandezcabrera7541]

I'm worried this will end up being a cyberpunk dystopia

[@NutriApp]

@1:13 "Image the year 2028. An European lander has landed on the moon's south pole..." Well you do not need to imagine and wait 5 more years. India's lunar mission took off yesterday and is en-route to touch down on the South Pole in a month's time.

[@ilkoderez601]

Not quite as good as the space mining DW documentary but still fun to watch. Thank you DW!

[@1World1Love]

Highlights: ​0:09 - Blue Origin launched its first trip for space tourists. ​1:13 - A European lunar lander has just reached the moon's south pole, private companies will touch down here. ​5:13 - The United States had won the race to land a person on the moon. ​12:07 - The development of the MaMBA habitat is still in the early stages. ​14:10 - We have to learn how to work in a nearby environment that's not that different from Mars. ​18:07 - China is pouring money into space exploration. ​21:57 - Kayla Barron worked outside to support the space station. ​23:22 - Many astronauts describe their experience as transformative. ​25:20 - Axiom Space is building the first commercial space station. ​31:46 - SpaceX and Blue Origin are counting on reusability. ​34:13 - The private sector has finally taken an interest in space exploration. ​36:08 - ARDEA contains all the computational components and the cameras. ​38:15 - Luxembourg is a driving player behind a new idea: space mining. ​41:31 - Europe is always in the shadow of NASA when it comes to space exploration.

[@IanG99]

Bumping this up. Thanks for this highlights

[@javierderivero9299]

HELLO!! >>HELLO!!....If you think ESA hasn't decreased the differences between NASA and ESA....you are totally WRONG!!!....50 years ago ESA was NOTHING!!!....I repeat NOTHING!!! in comparison with NASA ...at the time NASA had already put men on the moon in a 20 years space exploration....Today ESA has been able with Ariane 5 put James Webb telescope, service the ISS, build a ISS module,JUICE a full research lab and sent to Jupiter, it's building the Sevice module for Artemis, planning a moon station, etc and so on..Ariane 6 will be able to send astronauts with SUZY...don't make the same mistake... China as NOTHING in Space 20 years ago ...te same is happening with Europe and you don't even notice..

[@tetzet3254]

Beysows first whinny launch in the orbit 😂

[@anpham7574]

This is really helpful Thanks a lot

[@harryhole5786]

Tax them by 300% then it's finished with pollution for Holiday trips of egocentric people ! Ah non, they want to travel "'tax free"' and even have subventions for their "urrrgh" they are spreading around the globe. A "Great step" for mankind will be: so send those egocentric personalities out into space: one way.

[@malikairadmanovick1248]

We are on the precipice of the unknown and unimaginable becoming very much understood and commonplace, how exciting an age we live in.

[@josephgitahi2090]

Highly appreciate your documentaries DW 👍🎉

[@juki0h391]

I wish I was born right at the moment we just discovered a way to travel to another habital plant. I would jump right on board and go help build a new civilization.

[@wiyonogiman4267]

Yes, and you are born in poor and dangerous neighboorhood 😂

[@keepitreal2902]

The old civilisation still needs plenty of work

[@Tate525]

It isn't civilization no more, we living among gangsters and thugs

[@icarus387]

With advancements in biotechnology and medical prostheses, someday we can artifically extend our lifespan by 150 years or even longer.

[@alejocatano8352]

We need to keep pushing for the skies, it’s our nature to explore and our only hope for real future

[@carlos-ks3tu]

@@user-hx5qv4kd6 we can do both,you know how much we spend in armies and wars lol????

[@prime12602]

@@user-hx5qv4kd6so we should stop progress? 😂 World won't wait for anyone lmao.

[@ekkeekie7537]

we went to the Moon and found there is no reason for us to go there. Now they are trying to sell people the "colonizing Mars thing" which will never happen because again, Mars is a shitty planet with no use.

[@wamnicho]

​@@prime12602with declining birthrates, it won't happen

[@prime12602]

@@wamnicho we are 8 billion even if 90%disappear it won't stop the growth.

[@frankhall424]

Thank you to NASA for accepting me on the flight to Europa in October 2024. Even if it is my name only. Fantastic.

[@PrinceKumar-hh6yn]

Professional Documentaries r so well presented that it feel like a totally dreamy world like movies

[@arbaz79]

As always an amazing documentary by DW 👍.

[@DWDocumentary]

Glad you think so! Thank you for watching :)

[@edlee8949]

Why are there no such private space companies in Europe?

[@SafeSpaceCafe]

Great job DW, I'm inspired...

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for your comment!

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

Everyone wants the end product but few realize that the process to gain it should be supported too. My point is support the process people are going through to achieve great things. Because that support will lead to those great things.

[@JoseLopez-eo4ze]

0:14 - and let's not forget on board was also Hamish Harding - the guy that just died a bit ago in the submarine implosion. Maybe more regulations?

[@bearbones4347]

Lmao tracking for everybody. U notice

[@morenofranco9235]

Excellent documentary. Always wonderful to see Imagination in Motion. Humanity has come this far by making dreams into reality. We have to remain unstoppable. Thank you, DW.

[@subninja8069]

HUMANITY FUCK YEA!!!

[@YouTubeCensorsEverything]

Yes private industry is finding new ways to destroy the planet every day.

[@java4653]

LOL. The delusion here. "Unstoppable?" Like Iraq+Vietnam? You are just more proof that Idiocracy is here now.

[@ELECTRO-DESTINY]

We Can’t Even Understand Our Oceans Never Mind Space Exploration 🤯

[@ELECTRO-DESTINY]

@anthonykelley4044 Bro, Are you Serious Show Me & the Rest of Us the Proof that We have Explored the Entire Depths of Our Oceans, In all Respect your Comment is Rendered Useless, If you Believe this & can’t Prove With Receipts I Wish You Well in Your Thoughts 🫡✌️

[@bibekneupane4192]

There is no obligation to discover space before oceans

[@ELECTRO-DESTINY]

@@bibekneupane4192 Isn’t this where the Problem Lies that Humans make Mistakes & Loss of Good Life. without the even understanding our land & the entire depths of our oceans & we truly don’t understand the real knowledge from our ancient ancestors that has been left behind for us but our generation chose to Ignore everything & bypassing our true knowledge & hidden history

[@boutek]

"High enough to experience weightlessness" is the dumbest thing to say.

[@33mavboy]

it was said by william bill cooper that you could create your own atmopshere, your own gravity field by creating bodies of water, they did it on the moon apparently.

[@NicholasNerios]

Which ever company builds the millennium falcon star ship first will control space resources

[@KarthikSoun]

Some one told me Nasa moon landing was shot in Ice Land. Looking at that landscape its possible. 😮

[@Upgraded4552]

If space mining is ever to succeed, it will crash commodity markets for minerals as extraterrestrial sources will flood markets and make such minerals cheaper - unless demand is able to absorb such resources faster than they are being supplied or recycling is altogether done away with to allow for faster consumption. Great documentary by the way. Thank you DW.

[@benediktmorak4409]

perfect timing after the story of the imploded submarine...

[@dedetudor.]

Right? And I remember the Challenger that exploded . they had been warned about O-rings and temperature.

[@A55Hol3_Actual]

Oh but they'd never try to bank on others misfortunes... C'mon now... 🙊

[@bearbones4347]

Haha I can't swim. They did nothing.. 😂😂😂😂 least we got rid of pedophiles

[@bearbones4347]

​@@dedetudor. Nobody was on challenger was a hoax

[@_Painted]

Death is the price of living. Why fear death when you know it must come? Or do you want to spend your short life in denial and paralyzed by fear? If you have a spirit of exploration, you will understand that the need to explore is stronger than any fear.

[@OasisTales.]

I was fumming to ask the question ! thank you so much lol 13:25

[@thomasdanielsen9941]

"who would be the first nation to land people on the moon?" we are still waiting for it to happen.

[@jessicawinslet684]

Aiming for the stars, they cant even get to the bottom of the ocean lol 😆 😂 🤣

[@123works]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gerryhouska2859]

Titan did, just a few days ago.

[@javierderivero9299]

How many astronauts have gone to space....600 and counting ...looks like you are confusing potatoes with tomatoes

[@jessicawinslet684]

@@javierderivero9299 they can't even pull that submarine from 2 . 5 kilometers from the water LOL this makes me laugh so hard.

[@javierderivero9299]

@@jessicawinslet684 Yes the only fact this can tell you is going to space at suborbital is safer, specially with the stricts restrictions and certifications to go to space....not certification with that sub that was totally faulty in design...the proof is how many people have gone to space and how many people have died in space

[@sandboxaccountz.zy.7012]

imagine the guy who solved the problems they have in this video, like the falling arm for example how far we would be if progress was our main goal

[@michallysek6996]

Imagine if the governments of the countries around the world invested the same amount of money in this area instead of investing in guns. How much further we would be? Anyway, I really like the competition in setting their sights on outer space.🚀

[@redcossack245]

Very good show. Thank you for making it.

[@theboatgoat]

Excellent documenry, im very much looking forwardto this new era of commercial spaceflight

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! Where would you like to travel?

[@theboatgoat]

@@DWDocumentary I’d be quite happy doing a suborbital hop, or LEO, or the Moon… ah what the hell, let’s go to Mars

[@DAVID-ql1vo]

Remember people, everywhere the "modern human "touches, it roots.

[@thestockfother]

Rocket Lab to the Future!

[@willd1mindmind639]

Actual "commercial" space exploration is still a ways off, but the whole goal of NASA was to do the basic R&D and funding of space exploration and leave it up to private industry to come up with assembly lines to make commercial products for space in terms of ships, equipment and other common components. But as far as an individual company paying for a full space mission to the moon or mars on their own dime. Not going to happen any time soon without some way of making a profit on such a venture.

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

RIP to one of the passenger that was on the Blue origin

[@beneiseoleinmheart5614]

What is the Blue Origin?

[@Entreprenoob]

@@beneiseoleinmheart5614 some controversial billionaires play thing

[@uliseso.b.d7302]

What a time to be alive 🤘😎

[@ReelGag1969]

The mining industry will play a major role to keep human civilization for indefinite stay

[@emmanuelm361]

It's certain that when we are able to construct a "Space Forge" things are going to change dramatically. DJI should be able to help for the drone problem.

[@Jahguaar]

Knowledge supports growth.

[@MrDuane-lr8dm]

The idea is exciting, but I have very little faith that it will turn out well. We, as a species, don't have the best record when it comes to corporate responsibility, international relations, and in many cases, basic human decency.

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

true, but we are getting better

[@Socialist1919]

@@BigBoss-sm9xj LOL

[@MrMountainchris]

It will happen, through lots of loss of life and destruction, because there is profit to be made... just like the colonization of the Americas.

[@MrDuane-lr8dm]

@@BigBoss-sm9xj I'd say we're plateauing at the bottom of a very big slump. You can tell it's bad when politicians are considered to be more trustworthy than the news. We are bargaining away our few remaining principles in favor of "likes", click bait news, and followers, with a consistent disregard for the truth, and an almost perverse lack of empathy for the people who get caught in the crossfire. I could go on, but then I'd need to add an index and glossary. I hope I'm wrong, but the news convinces me otherwise.

[@morenofranco9235]

We did not come THIS far, only to come this far. This the best we are after 5000 years.

[@sfguzmani]

The title is really misleading.. It says "private companies" but it's only 1/3 of the documentary's content.

[@jaydavis4752]

2 things come to mind 1) The song sang by Count Basie and Frank Sinatra 2) The habitats for the Moon and Mars should be done underground. Why? think meteors and asteriods and that's why. One tiny meteor will destroy whatever habitat we create, it would be a shame to fund a mission to Mars or the Moon just to have it destroyed by a tiny rock or a big one travelling at 72 KPS. I think the scientific community are thinking too linear about the problem of living out in space and thinking too much of the buildings we have here on Earth. They need to be thinking like insects and how they burrow underground to create their living space to escape danger. I also think it will help with solar and cosmic radiation. They need to think like that Sci fi program called Sylo. That's how we survive out in space we need to create adaptations of how resilient insects survive here on 🌎. Scientists are not designers they look at problems differently to architects.

[@Joemondaking]

I could be wrong but we are able to witness one of the greatest technological advancements and a turn in human habitation. Not only are we working on nuclear engines to power these ships to go faster for a longer period of time but set up living quarters on other planets to ensure the human race survives and to study. Very cool

[@athan7199]

@7.16, talking in front of a screen!!... why??

[@j.dunlop8295]

ESA had a Mars lander that survived, that's special! LoL In imagination she said! 😆

[@cakakic1988]

Who the heck is down-voting this documentary?!

[@faisalyousuf7000]

Perfect time!

[@sandeepkshetri8678]

The future of Future 🔮🔮🔮mind blowing

[@Jowanoofy_ZO]

Ncie congratulations We are in Planet Exploration space era!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@elvisngenoh7855]

Bold Moves

[@madmesmith5187]

Putting a habitat on the surface is nuts /crazy, they will need resources so mine with robots, and then turn the tunnels into a under ground settlement. Dust storm, radiation all the rest of stuff that could kill you on the surface, no brainer really.

[@MysticalGesture]

Let me know when they can shuttle tourists to the moon and back. We are all trying to catch up to Gene Roddenberry's vision of Star Trek. Maybe we are just beginning to get into our own Star Trek.

[@anydaynow01]

We are trapped on this tiny blue dot floating on a moat of dust in a obscure collection of stars in one of more galaxies than we can count or even know about. It's time to get our breakfast beverage of choice, roll up our sleeves, do our morning salutations, lace up our boots, and get to work to end our exile and explore the stars!

[@_general_error]

Oh my god.. they said "high enough to experience the weightlessness"... what a bunch of amateurs.

[@shockcat5988]

This wasn’t the lady who allegedly drilled a hole in the space station to get out of being up there was it?

[@deshb22]

"No disassemble!". Johnny 5

[@Mantikal]

When you go to say Mars - you not only have "explorers - you also has a "Captive Audience" - so if you're not happy with the rules and point of views of your isolated society, you don't have the luxury to give everyone the finger and leave. There's no where else to go. You're screwed.

[@couttsw]

If ESA wants a more active role, build your own space station. Doing is better than talking or leeching off the US.

[@slowkr4v890]

0:27 "the rocket shot up over a 100km, high enough for passengers to experience weightlessness". Seriously??!

[@subrankurbhattacharjee6198]

The custom of which we saw the robot and mecanism to install the by product where as the computer in action to problem.

[@homeoriv]

Rejuvenation of Aerospace Engineering.

[@Sean-sx2kq]

Do you know Artemis Accords?

[@caty863]

Why is the "leasure" module labelled as *"F"* ???

[@AmanAnku]

We cannot send small drones with rovers? They can land on rover to recharge and then again go up Like rechargeable which can go up and map the more larger area?

[@Ricardo-lb4so]

Space exploration, i.e. exploration of outer space, is a high risk venture business as there are a large number of variables that cannot be foreseen and need to be controlled. Blue origin and Virgin galactics have launched operations in the low orbit space tourism, which have different characteristics and safety requirement from space exploration indeed. These include ship design, telemetrics, radiation shield, crew training, etc etc. The only company potentially capable to manage an extraorbital mission at this moment in spacex.

[@cerealkiller9617]

This is amazing!! 🥰🥰

[@ToneyCrimson]

Im from the year 2035. Heard on the news some billionairs space station exploded. The reason given was cost cutting i heard, crazy huh?

[@slevinshafel9395]

19:21 Taikonauts is traduction of Astronaut or Cosmonauts. Or in Spain we say spainauts? or Francenauts?

[@ivobrick7401]

Which one star system they aiming for? That's hardly beyond LEO missions.

[@morenofranco9235]

Only aiming for the Moon and Mars, so far. No star systems yet. Closest is Centauri A.

[@ivobrick7401]

@@morenofranco9235 tittle says different, so im surprised

[@williamwalter4774]

Right

[@ExplorewithUjjal]

Why 2028 next month Indian chandrayaan probe will land in south pole (2023) ISRO ❤

[@pinakidas3545]

1:17 Chandrayan 3 🇮🇳 becomes the first rover to land at the south pole.

[@adamporetti5983]

The system isn't designed for that... LOL. Well, update the SW with the designed changes and go again. Ten years to design an inflexible system, no wonder things don't work.

[@madrx2]

Oceangate, What's next "Star Gate"?

[@josephdonais4778]

One would have to go quite a bit farther to get to "outer space". I was born in and am living in "space".

[@India.infotech2023]

Exploring Earth more important then space I think

[@thomasnelson6161]

Doesn't mamba sound too close to NAMBLA?

[@Jobiskill]

Nice work

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It is a wonderful documentary coverage video about human ambitions for concurring space and neighbors' planet...humans attempts in exploration and technological advancement...thank you( DW) documentary channel

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@couttsw]

Looks like the German copter is overloaded, use a bigger drone.

[@sawnaingtun8776]

Great conquering spaces Columbus's concepts but don't want to became like movies called " Elysium "!

[@alitokat9606]

We can use space peacefully... Sounds weird

[@nick29203]

They always try to slip in a line about being peaceful. It’s a charade.

[@notthomasjoel]

0:30 Bullshit, weightlessness is caused by them free falling back to Earth, not being 100kms in the sky.

[@CapitalTeeth]

I would imagine that we won't really 'live' on the moon. It'll probably be more of a foundation for us to go even further into space to other planets. It takes far less fuel to get a rocket off the moon than Earth, after all.

[@ozanpress]

How companies aiming to shoot their trash onto other stars

[@user-rf8ve5bf5u]

im dancing squidward.

[@kiikaala]

Actually at the time when this came out, Axiom had done two crewed missions.

[@PriscillaBarberi]

Why Is It Always near 🌋

[@billy111]

And that diatomic powder is only found in the Black Sea region. And is not known for preserving bodies by any other cultures

[@defaultsettings63]

I heard there was no air on Mars. That seems like a deal breaker.

[@arifkhan3946]

❤️❤️

[@athan7199]

first, tell us how the rockets going to go through the firmament!!