Malaysia’s giant leap into the stars

New race: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander, lifts off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States, on Feb 15. The space industry has become a gold mine in recent years and Malaysia too wants to join in the race, including building a space launch facility in Sabah. — AP

FORGET about the Cold War space race of the 20th century – the new space age is here.

While superpowers like the United States and Russia once jostled for lunar dominance, a new generation of players are joining what is now a global space race – and Malaysia wants to be part of the equation too.