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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...

This entire program happens about 90 minutes from now. >> mr. hemmer, i have a quick question for you. two of the astronauts on board, one of the co-pilots, his name is gregory h. johnson and one of the astronauts' name is gregory c. johnson. how are they going to keep them straight? >> yeah. i think they'll go by number one and number two. the first johnson you mentioned are the pilots so he's really -- he's really mark kelly's right-hand man and when you see inside the cockpit of the shuttle, it will be kelly sitting to the left and the first greg johnson sitting to the right. >> gotcha. >> ...