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Pioneers of Space Travel: The evolution of the rocket from the small shuttles of early space exploration to the large, technologically advanced crafts used to today can be traced back to three men: Wernher Von Braun, Robert Goddard and Constantine Sofkovsky. NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration hosts the brains behind some of the world?s firsts in space travel and technological advances in the crafts used to propel man into the stratosphere. Space Tourists -Today, the possibility of spending your annual break at the International Space Station is a reality - but it's one of the world's most expensive holidays! Tourists who wish to gaze at the stars from a closer vantage point are required to have specialized training - and twenty million dollars to pay for the experience! Richard Branson - Billionaire Branson's company, Virgin, has its fingers in many pies. Virgin Galactic?s Spaceship Two has the capacity to send 13 intrepid space explorers into orbit. |