From the dawn of civilization, mankind has looked toward the stars and wondered. The idea of travel beyond one’s own limited boundary is a concept as old as, well to use an old cliché, as old as time itself. Have you not thought yourself a time or two or many, what it would be like to travel through space? I personally believe that almost everyone on the planet has had this thought. And the dream will remain, as long as mankind can produce rational thought.

Will there be space travel from star to star in the near future? No, that kind of ability is many years and quite possibly a century or two away. But we can always dream and build and challenge our way in that direction.

And as we begin the 21 st century, we enter a new arena of space travel. That of commercial space flight enterprise. The era of government control and big budget efforts, when only a select few can fly into space, is coming to an end. Private companies are throwing their hats into the ring to design and manufacture smaller and cheaper spaceships that can take the common man on a sub orbital or even orbital flight.

Internet: <www.space-and-rocket-advisor.com> (adapted).