Around the world, competition for land and finite resources is leading to a new era of manifest destiny as political and industrial leaders look to the stars as the final frontier for resource extraction. From the Trump administration to the bigwigs of Silicon Valley, a new space race is on. Billionaire-backed ventures like Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin are making a far more diverse, competitive, and innovative playing field. At the end of last year, Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Ensuring American…