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What if rockets didn't require those heavy oxidizers to get into orbit? The European Space Agency is daring to dream, awarding a €1 million grant to a British firm that's looking into air-breathing spacecraft. More »The History (and Future) of Commercial Space Flight
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A Fleet of Atomic-Electric Space Ships Embark For Mars, 1957
Space Travel Predictions from Look Magazine, 1957
All the Lost Mars Missions
Will Phoenix Mars Rover Disappear Like the Last Mars Polar Lander?
Extreme Skydiver to Plummet 25 Miles to Earth
Jules Verne Wants You To Shoot The Moon
Suspended Animation Now Possible — Using Sewer Gas
Meet the First Realistic Martian Woman
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