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Nature 448, 988-991 (30 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448988a; Published online 29 August 2007
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Space: Dreams of the new space race
David Chandler1
- David Chandler is a freelance science writer in Massachusetts.
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When it was trying to catapult satellites into orbit the private launch business didn't get very far. Can it do better now that it's focused on giving the rich the ride of their life, asks David Chandler.
In the 1990s, the 'new space' vision was simple. Constellations of communications satellites in low-Earth orbit would require launch systems that could pop up little replacement satellites easily and cheaply.
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