The Stars: Our Destination?

Forty years ago it was “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Now it is a small step for anyone who dares. For the last four decades, space flight has been neglected as a primary conduit to human evolution. Popular opinion sees space flight as a sidebar to human development. Even NASA, with their use of aging, decrepit and obsolete shuttles, appears to believe the same. However, there is the Virgin Galactic program. Virgin has taken the initiative in commercializing space travel as a luxury for those who can afford it...