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Jun. 21 - Space flight for $200K? A space expert says if this business takes off, it could someday lead to the privitization of space exploration.
If the private market for space travel succeeds, companies could be encouraged to put up earth monitoring satellites.
And that could put pressure on NASA to outsource its deep space research to private contractors, says NASA expert Gregg Easterbrook of the Brookings Institution.
Fred Katayama reports.
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