TOKYO -- Fifty years after man first walked on the moon, Japan is exploring the profitable side of space with efforts to build up an ecosystem for space-related startups.
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Buzz Aldrin walks on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. (Neil A. Armstrong/ NASA /AP)
TOKYO -- Fifty years after man first walked on the moon, Japan is exploring the profitable side of space with efforts to build up an ecosystem for space-related startups.