Conquering the galaxy has not seemed more imperative since the 1960s, when the contest between the USA and USSR to put the first man on the Moon dominated global headlines.
A poll carried out in China by the toy company Lego in 2019 asked children aged eight to 12 what they dreamed of being when they grew up, more than half, 56 per cent, said: 'An astronaut!'
But when the same question was put to youngsters in Britain and the US that same year, barely 10 per cent had any thought of going into space. Instead, the most popular ambition, shared by around a third, was to be... a YouTuber.
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