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As I hope you've all heard by now, the first commercial spaceflight took place last week. It was spurred in part by the X Prize, a $10 million prize awarded to the first team that can successfully launch a piloted, privately-funded (non-government) spacecraft capable of carrying 3 people and do it again with the same spaceship within 2 weeks.

I've long held some strong opinions regarding space travel and exploration.

( My opinions on space )

Obviously, not everyone shares my views on this subject, but it's probably the one I'm the most passionate about and I'm glad to see that the first steps are being made.