NASA is no longer the champion of space exploration

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Written By Jennifer Joslyn

Step aside, NASA - Elon Musk is ready to take the reins.

NASA, the governmental agency that once has all eyes on it, is being overtaken by Elon Musk’s Space X. With almost half of a century passed without sending another person to the moon, business tycoons and eccentrics like Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are also jumping in the ring, announcing missions to the ball of cheese in the sky and the gaseous surface of Venus. Whether for human advancement of profit or personal glory… well, that’s up to you to decide.

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