Who's winning the space race: US, Russia, China or the billionaires? (Full show)

The new space race has already seen historic achievements and ambitious projects are still underway. Unlike humankind’s initial forays into space, the new and unfolding space race of our time involves considerable private-sector competition. RT America’s Natasha Sweatte reports the details of this exciting new dimension in space exploration and development. Then Rick Tumlinson of SpaceFund and Aaron Pagel, adjunct professor of Strategy and Economics at DePaul University, join News.Views.Hughes to share their insights.

Meanwhile, the US has completed a mission to Mars and accomplished the first extraterrestrial helicopter flight. Russian filmmakers expect to shoot humanity’s first feature film on-site in space while an American team hopes to beat them to it. Meanwhile, China has joined the US and Russia in the competition for space dominance, intending to test missiles in space. RT America’s Faran Fronczak has the details.

Then filmmaker Steven Barber and former naval intelligence officer John Jordan weighs in on the diplomatic implications of China's emergence as a third force in the conquest of space.