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Future of the Space Business

By Rick on 13 July 2007 at 6:21PM

To achieve liftoff at this watershed moment when they could begin to usurp NASA's stranglehold on space, billionaires rely on the propulsive power of profit in an industry based on competition and smarts.

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Space.com: Chinese space junk buzzes past space station http://ow.ly/2izSk #ISS 2010/07/29
#TISH Today In Space History 29Jul1984: Landing of Soyuz T-12 with Dzhanibekov, Savitskaya (1st female EVA), & Volk http://ow.ly/2izKA 2010/07/29
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#TISH 29 July 1851: Asteroid 15 Eunomia, one of the largest in the Main Belt, discovered by Annibale de Gasparis http://ow.ly/2iyIq 2010/07/29