IGNITION:
The New Space Race
LAUNCHES A STUNNING WAKE-UP CALL FOR OUR TIMES
Own the Sky. Own the Future.
Palm Beach, FL – June 5, 2025 — A new kind of battleground is emerging high above Earth’s atmosphere. In the upcoming documentary Ignition: The New Space Race, writer/director George Bugatti and cinematographer Marc Wishengrad deliver a riveting and visually arresting film that explores the fierce competition unfolding between the United States, China, and Russia—not just for exploration, but for control.
Produced by Trial on the Potomac LLC, Ignition is not science fiction—it’s geopolitical reality. With the subtitle Own the Sky. Own the Future., the film pierces through the headlines to reveal how this 21st-century space race will shape the next 50 years of human history—redefining war, wealth, diplomacy, and even survival.
“This time, the race isn’t just about going up. It’s about claiming what’s up there—and defending it,” says Bugatti. “We’re not just reaching for the stars. We’re drawing battle lines among them.”
From missile-laden satellites and lunar mining rigs to international collaborations aboard the ISS, the film captures both the rising tensions and fragile hopes of cooperation in an era when the final frontier is anything but peaceful.
Drawing on insights inspired by Tim Marshall’s The Future of Geography, Ignition reveals how nations are carving out “space blocs,” laying claim to craters, rare minerals, and orbits—all without a universally accepted code of conduct. And while corporations like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and international players accelerate the commercialization of space, the legal and ethical frameworks remain dangerously outdated.
The film also poses urgent questions:
What happens when rare metals, helium-3, and satellite supremacy become strategic leverage?
Could space war trigger Earthbound catastrophe?
And is cooperation even possible in a world that can’t agree on peace here on the ground?
Combining real space footage, intelligence briefings, stunning CGI, and a haunting score, Ignition is designed to spark conversation, shake assumptions, and ignite awareness. It is a teaser for the future—one we’re all about to enter, whether we like it or not.
The teaser will be released Fall 2025. Screenings for media, think tanks, and academic institutions begin this fall.
This is not a revival of the Cold War space race.
This is a high-stakes, multi-front competition for economic dominance, military superiority, and control over the final frontier.
Blending exclusive expert interviews, striking visual storytelling, and unflinching analysis, Ignition reveals:
- How the Moon’s rare metals and helium-3 may trigger a new energy revolution
- Why satellite vulnerability could collapse entire economies overnight
- And what happens when Earth’s rivalries are projected into the cosmos, ungoverned and unchecked
At stake is more than national pride.
At stake is the framework of peace — or conflict — for generations to come.
About George Bugatti
