1998: A key year in the commercialization of space

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The commercialization of outer space is considered to have started in 1998 due to the numerous testing of cost-effective launch vehicles. Some of the lauch vehicles to be tested in 1998 are NASA's reusable space launchers, Boeing's Sea Launch project and Lockheed Martin's Single Stage Rocket Technology.

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Murmurs from the past: WLST (with long sharp teeth)

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The paper 'The Space Age in FY 2001' presented at the Fourth Goddard Memorial Symposium of the American Astronautical Society presciently described the future of space industrialization, citing figures for affordable space flight and how to achieve such economies of scale.

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Planning a trip into space? Bring your lawyer along for the ride

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More efforts need to be undertaken in the field of launch vehicle certification in space tourism in order to allow the process to be less time-consuming and cumbersome. The cost of potential liability for accidents is perhaps the biggest barrier to regular tourist flights.

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