<blockquote>'Charles Bolden said: "Today marks the beginning of a new era in exploration... The significance of this day cannot be overstated; a private company has launched a spacecraft to the International Space Station that will attempt to dock there for the first time.
"And while there is a lot of work ahead to successfully complete this mission, we are certainly off to good start."
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The mission has major significance because it marks a big change in the way the US wants to conduct its space operations.'
- Jonathan Amos,
Nasa chief hails new era in space, 22 May 2012</blockquote>
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Mars for the 'average person', 20 March 2012
(Space) - Planetary Resources (asteroid mining) - '..Arkyd Series 100 spacecraft.'The Electric Universe - '..a new way of interpreting known data..' - '..electric charge flow through a galaxy..'Germany, USA - '..the problems..''..Trade, Debt, History, and Gold'</blockquote>