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Elan
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Well, it's started. The flag has been planted to hail the location of the first private, citizen-operated spaceport.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/12/15/space.tourism.ap/index.html

The military/government develops technology, but it takes commercialism to make it grow. Witness the Internet as an example.

It's why I like science fiction stories that show spaceports as busy areas of commerce. I suspect the first manned flight to Mars will be a commercial venture, not a goverment one.

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rcorporon
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Very nice story. Thanks for the post!
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Matt Lust
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www.space.com is my absolutely favorite site for up to date SCI-FI bait news.
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