China has 400 private space companies. The West is barely paying attention 22.4%
Fortune - By Rainer Zitelmann - 7/2/2026, 9:00 AM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 25.8% - Biased Writer Voice 17.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 16.7%
China’s private space industry barely existed a decade ago. Today, more than 400 commercial space companies are operating in the country, developing reusable rockets, satellite constellations, space-tourism ventures, and even asteroid-mining projects. While most Western attention remains focused on SpaceX and Elon Musk, a new generation... more