Humankind’s first Space Race began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite (Sputnik) into orbit around Earth. The unparalleled and exponential explosion of technology that followed was nothing short of reality-changing. In 2002, Elon Musk launched SpaceX, which transformed the aerospace industry, making spaceflight more affordable and opening the doors for other companies to pursue commercial space flight more seriously.  Where reaching beyond the Kármán line (the boundary that separates our atmosphere from outer space) was once the
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