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It is a sight that gave astronauts a reason to pause, and soon it will be one that the public can see for themselves at the California Science Center: a space shuttle standing poised for launch.
Gene Monin writes U.S. astronauts among those living and working with 2 Russian cosmonauts in the International Space Station
With the recent advances in space travel, what was once the exclusive playground of governments has shifted to ultra-rich mavericks. And they’re just getting started.
The new Space Age — game of the hyper-rich © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved “…2011 might, in the history books of the future, be seen as the year when the space cadets’ dream finally died. It marks the end of America’s space shuttle programme, whose last mission is planned to launch on July 8th [2011]. The shuttle was supposed to be a reusable truck that would make the business of putting people into orbit quotidian. Instead, it has been nothing but trouble. Twice, it has killed its crew. If it had been seen as the experimental vehicle it actually is, that woul...