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through encouraging development of cheaper transportation into space, which will eventually allow humanity to develop and colonize space, including the development of natural resources beyond earth. In an interview with
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for $ 20 million. In 2001, Tito was part of a group of astronauts who were launched into orbit and visited the ISS, the first time a private citizen had paid to fly to orbit.
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794:"Space: capitalism's final frontier"
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1167:"Five-star guide to the galaxy"
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317:Soyuz space vehicle
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148:Planetary Resources
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