The 21st Century Race For Space

Overview

A new era of space exploration and exploitation is emerging, led by adventurous private companies founded by a few daring billionaire entrepreneurs. While mass space travel, mining, and manufacturing are on the horizon, pioneers like Elon Musk are focused on the deeper goal of true space exploration. His company, SpaceX, has already been supplying the International Space Station, and they are now gearing up to send astronauts into space. Ultimately, their grand vision is to ensure humanity's survival by traversing the solar system and establishing a colony on Mars within the next decade. Could commercial spaceflight turn us into a space-faring civilization?