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Affordable Space Flight
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This site promotes the idea of individually accessable space flight.
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Alliance to Rescue Civilization
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"Because the most important reason for the space program is human survival"
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Amateur Spaceflight Association
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"The Amateur Spaceflight Association (ASA) is a non-profit organization formed to pioneer the field of non-professional space research and exploration."
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American Astronautical Society
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"Formed in 1954, the American Astronautical Society (AAS) is the premier independent scientific and technical group in the United States exclusively dedicated to the advancement of space science and exploration."
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Americans For Space
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"a campaign of American citizens devoted to realizing America's destiny in space. Americans for Space is a free program providing thousands of Americans with the latest in news from the world of spaceflight and space development. "
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Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
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"More than 70 astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs are helping the United States retain its world leadership in science and technology by providing scholarships for college students who exhibit motivation, imagination, and exceptional performance in the science or engineering field of their major."
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Apollo Society
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"Mission: To advance space exploration and the establishment of human communities beyond Earth."
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Artemis Society
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"The Project is a private venture to establish a permanent, self-supporting community on the Moon."
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Association of Space Explorers
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"The Association of Space Explorers (ASE) is an international nonprofit professional and educational organization of over 300 individuals from 29 nations who have flown in space."
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B612 Foundation
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"significantly alter the orbit of an asteroid in a controlled manner by 2015."
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British Interplanetary Society
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"the world's longest established organisation devoted solely to supporting and promoting the exploration of space and astronautics."
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California Space Authority
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"CSA is a nonprofit corporation representing the diverse sectors of the space stakeholder community including commercial, civil, and defense."
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Cosmos Studios
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Here is a site and an organization dedicated to carrying on the work of the late Dr. Carl Sagan.
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CYGO
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"The CYGO Space Initiative is a team of over 50 researchers, administrative staff, students, engineers, and volunteers working to support the efforts to explore and understand minor planets and the development of space."
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Earth and Space Foundation
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"The Earth and Space Foundation is an international charity that funds scientific exploration that helps us both understand the Earth's environment and explore the frontier of space, bringing the environmental and space exploration communities together to address the challenges facing society"
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Entrespace
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"exists to promote the use of space, to empower the innovative startups which are essential to a dynamic technological industry, and to equip visionary individuals with the skills to lead successful space ventures."
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Earthrise Institute
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"Simply stated, the mission of the Earthrise Institute is to use astronomy, space, and other related endeavors as a tool for breaking down international and intercultural barriers and for bringing humanity together."
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Federation of Galaxy Explorers
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The organization seeks to inspire and educate kids in space related science and engineering. Galaxy Explorers was created to prepare children for the future; a future that advances a space faring civilization.
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Heinlein Prize
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"The Heinlein Prize is a cash award of $500,000 to an individual or individuals for practical accomplishments in the field of commercial space activities."
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Inland Northwest Space Alliance
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"The Inland Northwest Space Alliance (INSA) is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to broadening participation in space exploration, aerospace technology development, technology transfer/commercialization, space education and public outreach, and workforce development in the Inland Northwest."
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International Association of Space Entrepreneurs
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"Founded in 2003, the International Association of Space Entrepreneurs (IASE) is the world's premier organization for entrepreneurs building high-growth companies in the space industry."
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International Space Agency
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"The I.S.A. will Endeavor to Bring Together the Many Organizations and Individuals in the International Civil Space Community, for Peaceful and Cooperative Space Exploration, Research, Science, and Colonization."
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International Space University
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"The International Space University develops the future leaders of the world space community by providing interdisciplinary educational programs to students and space professionals in an international, intercultural environment."
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InterPlaNetary Internet Project
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Internet Society IPN Special Interest Group
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Island One Society
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"is intended as a meeting place for future space colonists and business people of a libertarian or at least live and let live bent."
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L5 Development Group
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They wish to build space colonies at L5.
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Living Universe Foundation
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"The Living Universe Foundation seeks to bring the galaxy alive with life from Earth, while healing the damage that humanity has already inflicted upon the Earth. We believe that expansion into space in the immediate future is a step towards accomplishing this aim."
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Lunar Reclamation Society
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"LRS is a Milwaukee-based membership organization engaged in public outreach and education about the benefits of establishing a permanent human presence on the Moon that would be engaged in using the resources there to help solve Earth's long-term energy and environmental problems. On such a vibrant frontier, the creativity and resourcefulness of the human spirit would reach new heights."
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Lunar Coalition
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"This is a coalition of various individuals and groups who collaborate to advocate certain missions and scientific priorities for exploring and developing the Moon."
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Lunar Republic
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"Toward A Lunar Republic - The future of the Moon, including settlement, tourism and resource development is in your hands. Find out more about the role you can play in this remarkable project."
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Lunar Research Institute
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"The Lunar Research Institute is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation devoted to the exploration and utilization of the Moon for the benefit of Humankind."
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MarsDrive Consortium
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"Our goals at MarsDrive are clear. We and our partners aim to send human missions to Mars and establish a permanent base there within the next 2 decades."
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Mars Foundation
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"seeks to develop a unified plan for building the first habitat on Mars by exploiting local materials. The ultimate goal of the project is to build a growing, permanent settlement beyond the Earth, thus allowing civilization to spread beyond the limits of our small planet."
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Mars Society
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Robert Zubrin has a website here to encourage people to work together to acheive the red planet.
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Mars Society UK
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This is the Britsh chapter of the Mars Society.
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Minnesota Space Frontier Society
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"Originally known as L-5 Minnesota, the Minnesota Space Frontier Society (MN SFS) is the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan area's space technology, education, research and development resource center."
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Moon Society
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"An international non-profit educational and scientific foundation formed to further scientific study and development of the moon."
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National Space Grant Foundation
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"The National Space Grant Foundation is a tax exempt organization whose purpose is to support and enhance the Space Grant Consortia in every state to carry out education, research, and public outreach activities in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology and additional fields, related to space, aeronautics, aviation, and Earth system science."
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National Space Society
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"The National Space Society (NSS) is an independent, educational, grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation of a spacefaring civilization. Founded as the National Space Institute (1974) and L5 Society (1975), which merged to form NSS in 1987, NSS is widely acknowledged as the preeminent citizen's voice on space. NSS counts thousands of members and over 50 chapters in the United States and around the world."
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National Space Society Chapters
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Master Index of National Space Society Chapters
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National Space Society of Australia
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"Creating a Space-faring Civilization...."
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New Mexico Space Alliance
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New Mexico is poised to become the world's center for commercial space activity in this decade. The effort will bring thousands of people to New Mexico in the years ahead with Space Alliance members helping lead the way.
The New Mexico Space Alliance invites your active participation in making "The Land of Enchantment" the epicenter of the contemporary
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Permanent
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"PERMANENT is for developing outer space on a very large scale, rapidly, by using materials already in space -- asteroids near Earth and/or lunar material -- instead of expensively blasting up from Earth all the materials used in space. After all, the Europeans who settled America didn't bring their bricks and cement from Europe...
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Personal Spaceflight Federation
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"an industry association that is working to establish ever higher levels of safety for the commercial human spaceflight industry, to share best practices and expertise amongst its members, and to promote the growth of the industry worldwide."
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Planetary Society
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"The Planetary Society, founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman, inspires and involves the world's public in space exploration through advocacy, projects, and education. Today, The Planetary Society is the largest and most influential public space organization group on Earth."
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ProSpace
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"ProSpace is a nonprofit citizens advocacy group (501-c4) with the mission 'to open the space frontier for ALL people as rapidly as possible.' We believe that only by taking direct and personal responsibility, as citizens of this great country, will our personal visions come to life. We believe that one day soon - if we get involved now - we all will have the opportunity to live, work and play in space."
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Reaction Research Society
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"The Reaction Research Society is the oldest continuously operating amateur experimental rocket group in the United States."
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Red Colony
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"Red Colony is an international symposium devoted to developing methods for colonizing and terraforming Mars. We feel that our dreams will be accomplished through private funding and corporate investment, not through government agencies."
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Rocket Racing League
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"The Rocket Racing League™ is an aerospace sports and entertainment organization that combines the competition of racing with the excitement of rocketry. The RRL was established by X-Prize founder Peter Diamandis and two-time Indianapolis 500 champion team partner Granger Whitelaw to advance the technology and increase public awareness of space travel."
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Society for International Space Cooperation
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"The Society for International Space Cooperation was formed to address the need for an organization whose sole purpose is to foster cooperation, education, and exchange among the countries of the world in the areas related to scientific advancement and the international exploration of space."
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Southwest Institute for Space Research
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"The Southwest Institute for Space Research is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Otero County, New Mexico. It strives to provide an arena for the performance of astronomical and space science research, and to assist in the improvement of science education and science literacy through inviting student participation in ongoing research projects, creating a 'learning-by-doing' environment."
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Space 4 Peace
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I do not agree with the perspective of this website. I am linking them anyway, because it shows what some of the opponents of outer space are thinking. Two glaring flaws in their argument are Solar Power Satellites and Space Tourism.
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Space Access Society
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This group exists to promote cheap access to space.
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Space Development Institute
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"The purpose of the Institute is to perform scientific research, and to explore issues and practical solutions related to the opening of space to all of humanity."
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Space Engineering and Science Institute
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Space Exploration Alliance
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Here is an association of space associations.
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Space Foundation
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"to foster, develop and promote, among the citizens of the United States of America and among other people of the world ... a greater understanding and awareness ... of the practical and theoretical utilization of space ... for the benefit of civilization and the fostering of peaceful and prosperous world."
These are the Big Guys.
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Space Frontier Foundation
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Here is a group of optimistic futurists who encourage people to reach for the stars.
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Space Future
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"Our goal is that tickets to orbit should be as readily available as airline tickets. For this we need safe, low-cost, passenger-carrying launch vehicles. Space Future considers that developing these is now a realistic target for companies in the aerospace industry - which is painfully short of new business in the post-Cold War era."
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Space Generation Advisory Council
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"The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is a non-governmental organisation which aims to represent students and young space professionals to the United Nations, States, and space agencies. It has permanent observer status in the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)."
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Space Settlement Inititive
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"space settlement will not happen soon enough for any of us to see it. But that could be changed! The legislation proposed on this web site would:"
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Space Settlement Institute
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"A think tank dedicated to finding ways to make Space Settlement actually happen in our lifetimes"
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Space Studies Institute
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"Opening the energy and material resources of space for human benefit by completing the missing technological links to make possible the productive use of the abundant resources in space"
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Space Tourism Society
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The Space Tourism Society (STS) is a new not-for-profit society specifically focused on space tourism. Our goals:
To conduct the research, build public desire, and acquire the financial and political power to make space tourism available to as many people as possible as soon as possible.
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Spacefleet Association
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"We will take no frontiers into space!
The Spacefleet Association aims to make space transport more accessible to all nations by making space technology a common heritage, reducing its cost through knowledge-sharing and collaboration."
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SpaceGuard UK
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This organization is preparing for the posibility of a collision of the earth with an asteroid.
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Spaceward Foundation
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"The Spaceward Foundation is a public-funds non-profit organization dedicated to furthering space science and technology in the public mindshare and in educational curriculums."
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Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
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"SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) is dedicated to expanding the role of human exploration and development of space. We also seek to educate the public in such a way as to attain this goal."
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Suborbital Institute
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"The SubOrbital Institute (SOI) is a trade association that aims to promote the cause of practical human suborbital rocket powered flight. Suborbital spaceflight provides for numerous applications including personal space transport (i.e. space tourism), reconnaissance and remote sensing, high-altitude scientific measurements, testing and calibration of equipment intended for commercial and exploration spacecraft."
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Teachers In Space
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It is possiable to fly 200 teachers into outer space every year!
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Tripoli Rocketry Association, Inc.
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"Tripoli is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and operation of amateur high power rocketry. Our members are drawn from the United States and 22 additional countries across the globe."
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X Prize Foundation
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"By creating the first private race to space, the X PRIZE Foundation gave birth to a new industry with dramatic technological, social and investment opportunities. As a result of the dramatic nature of this achievement, the X PRIZE is now widely recognized as the leading model to foster innovation."
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