The Obtain: Expanded provider screening, and the way Southeast Asia plans to get to area

It’s a scorching October day in Bangkok and I’m wandering by means of the reveals on the Thai Area Expo, held in one of many metropolis’s busiest procuring malls, once I do a double take. Amid the flashy area fits and mannequin rockets on show, there’s a plain-looking bundle of Thai basil rooster. I’m advised the identical type of vacuum-­sealed bundle has simply been launched to the Worldwide Area Station.

It’s an sudden sight, one which displays the rising pleasure inside the Southeast Asian area sector. And whereas there may be some uncertainty about how precisely the area’s area sector might evolve, there may be loads of optimism, too. Learn the total story.

—Jonathan O’Callaghan

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