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William Atkins
Saturday, 08 September 2007 01:37
With NASA’s Space Transportation System (STS) and its space shuttles winding down from a historic three-decade run, which included countless accomplishments and two very terrible disasters, the next-generation manned spacecraft Orion, along with its Ares launch vehicle, is stepping up for future missions to the International Space Station, the Moon, Mars, asteroids, and other exotic places maybe not even thought about yet.
With over forty countries around the world with active space programs, it is not anymore just a couple of countries racing to get to the Moon. Every day it seems another launch occurs around the world, from India, China, Russia, South Korea, and many others. Countries you might not expect to have either a manned or unmanned space program have one: such countries as the Ukraine, Brazil, Bangladesh, Denmark, Nigeria, and many others.
Most of these launches are directed by national government but a few of them are privately funded. These new space pioneers, like Richard Branson, may just be what is needed to generate a lot of interest in the exploration of space.
When average people can take a trip into space, it becomes much more personal.
Although trips to the space station for space tourists cost millions of dollars and future suborbital flights will initially cost space travelers hundreds of thousands of dollars, those prices will eventually come down as more and more people get the chance to fly in space, stay at a space hotel, and maybe, in the not so distant future, fly around the Moon and descend onto the lunar surface for an expedition on a moon buggy.
Who knows what will happen when humanity explores the great unknown of space!
For additional information on the movie and the Apollo astronauts involved, read the following articles:
MSNBC’s article “Movie brings moonshot memories up to date”: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20612272/
Time’s article “10 Questions for Buzz Aldrin”: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1659730,00.html
Space.com’s article “Film Review – 'In the Shadow of the Moon'”: http://www.space.com/adastra/070812_adastra_intheshadow.html
The website of “In the Shadow of the Moon”: http://www.intheshadowofthemoon.com/
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