iNEWS: Prof Brian Cox on space exploration and how to deal with flat Earthers

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In the middle of the 20th century the world was gripped by the ‘Space Race’, as the US and Soviet Union battled it out for supremacy at the forefront of space exploration: sending satellites, probes and humans into orbit in an effort to simultaneously assert their authority and demonstrate their superiority. While bitter technological rivals against the backdrop of the Cold War, relations between the nations thawed following the US’ successful Apollo 11 lunar landing in 1969, and exploring the boundaries of the cosmos has gradually slipped further down the international agenda.