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Richard Branson, founder and CEO of Virgin Galactic hovers in the passenger compartment of the suborbital spaceship SpaceShip2 on the Unity 22 mission on July 11, 2021. PR photo, Virgin Galactic

The billionaire space race is a publicity stunt but may help promote the space economy

This is according to an analysis by PITCHBOOK. According to the analysts, before flying humans into space, advanced uses of satellites should be exhausted and the problem of space debris should be addressed, but the budget for this may be reached thanks to these gimmicks.