If America's spirit of free enterprise can be harnessed to exploring space while also relieving the burden on taxpayers of NASA's extravagance, so much the better.

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The idea of personally exploring outer space appeals to many but the closest most folks can get now is to create an inexpensive satellite that can go out into space on the growing number of private launch vehicles.

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There is no use in exploring the space and trying to find new habitable space and resources unless we do not try to maintain the balance of nature.

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To do this many freelancers will move in behind the wire photographers, as they move on to new stories the freelance will come behind the news teams and start to work on in depth projects, exploring the subject, living in the space and in the best cases be able to present compelling stories and features that explore deeper issues.

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"We're exploring the space, and trying to understand what the tradeoffs are and how that impacts the user experience -- what it's like to actually use this hardware and play games, " he explained.

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Worse yet, in a recently unveiled policy pronouncement, President Obama has expressed an openness to exploring Russian and Chinese ideas for new, multilateral space arms control negotiations.

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What excites me most about being involved in this space is the opportunity to interact with others exploring new ways to create positive change in society.

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The space agency has retired its fleet of space shuttles and plans to turn much of its focus toward exploring deep into the solar system.

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"We're handing off to the private sector our transportation to the International Space Station so that Nasa can focus on what we do best - exploring even deeper into our Solar System, with missions to an asteroid and Mars on the horizon, " explained agency administrator Charles Bolden.

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