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Ground control to Major Tom (Thumb)

Tonga
Tonga. Map courtesy CIA.

Who doesn’t love a story about the little guy who makes it big, or the underdog that overcomes? Take these five mighty mites. What they lack in geographical size they make up for in strong economies and supersized space aspirations. As the new space race heats up, and as the airless reaches cease to be the sole province of superpowers, who knows how far their ambitions will carry them?

5 Tiny Countries with Big Space Dreams