The Space Race Comes to Latin America
By
Juan Pablo Toro
The region wants to be not just a battleground, but a protagonist in the burgeoning space economy.
This article is adapted from AQ's special report | Leer en español | Ler em português GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador—Why would Ecuador, of all places, be a focus in Latin America’s new space race Well, the answer is in the country’s name. On a recent afternoon, Robert Aillón and his colleagues were seated at a table in a chain hotel restaurant in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s business capital, radiating enthusiasm for their proposed project: a new private spaceport for vertical launches and horizontal vehicle recovery at one of three potential sites nearby. Some foreign investors regard...
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