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the new space race,background: the space race,the space race was a mid-to-late twentieth century competition between the soviet union (ussr) and the united states (usa) for supremacy in outer space exploration. between 1957 and 1975, cold war rivalry between the two nations focused on attaining firsts in space exploration, which were seen as necessary for national security and symbolic of technological and ideological superiority. source:/wiki/the_space_race,the soviet union,in 1957,the first artificial satellitessputnik one was succesfully launched in ussr.,source:www.let.leidenuniv.nlhistoryivhsputnik1.jpg,it caused public controversy in usa sputnik crisis. national aeronautics and space administration(nasa) was established.,source:/wiki/the_space_race,the united states,apollo 11 ,carried out by the united states, was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on earths moon on july 20.1969. neil armstrong was the first person ever to set foot on the moon. “thats one small step for a man. one giant leap for mankind.“,source:,source:,source:/wiki/the_space_race,the new space race,a number of other countries have followed the lead of these pioneers in exploring space. france, india, china and israel have employed satellite surveillance, and many other countries have a space agency of some sort, from the united kingdom to brazil to germany to the ukraine to spain. /articles/100709-003-international.html,newcomers to space,china,china is making great strides in space in october of 2003.china became the third to have independent human spaceflight capability with the launch of the shenzhou 5.,he was the first chinese sent into space by shenzhou 5 .,yang liwei,遥感卫星 remote sensing satellite,chinese first recoverable satellite中国第一颗返回式卫星,试验宇宙飞船 experimental spacecraft,神舟号 shenzhou (divine vessel),the 1st chinese unmanned spacecraft successfully launched. it consisted of the orbital module, re-entry module and propelling module. the re-entry module was successfully recovered,嫦娥二号 change-2（moon probe）,source:,the new space race,space tourism is the recent phenomenon of space travel by individuals for the purpose of personal pleasure.and setting up commercial space tourism services is a realistic target for business today. as for 2006,space tourism is only affordable to wealthy individuals and corporations.,space tourism,dennistito is a founder, chairman and ceo of wilshire associates incorporated.he was the first space tourist in 2001.for this trip ,tito paid 20 million dollars for seven days in space.,“for me, it was like being in heaven it was like being in a second life.” dennis tito,anousheh ansari a very rich woman and an active proponent of world-changing technologies.she became the first woman to travel space. “by reaching this dream ive had since childhood, i hope to tangibly demonstrate to young people all over the world that there is no limit to what they can accomplish.” anousheh ansari,until now few people have flown into space,and thats only after going through rigorous medical examinations, enduring months of training and shelling out between $20 million and $45 million for the price.,virgin galactic(a commercial space-flight company):tickets will cost $200,000, but prices are likely to fall swiftly as the industry grows. space adventures(another space-travel company ):they will run similar flights to virgins for more like $100,000. experts says that in 10 years, the cost of a trip into space could drop to around $50,000.,quick sub-orbital jaunts,the virgin galactic experience will start with a couple of days light preparation: medical tests, safety training and some time for the space travelers and pilots to get to know each other. the aircraft will set off attached to a mother ship, which will climb to 50,000 feet before detaching. then the enterprises rocket motors will ignite, accelerating the ship to three times the speed of sound, taking it up over the earths atmosphere. at that point, the engines will shut off, leaving passengers weightless, able to tumble freely, and, most importantly, see earth from space. “thats the point when the switch flicks,“ says attenborough, ceo of virgin galactic. “you get an understanding of the fragility of life and the beauty of the planet.“ after four or five minutes gravity will begin to drag the enterprise back down to earth. the whole trip is over in less than an hour.,credit: virgin galactic/sky26,orbital flights,space adventures is planning to take its customers even further, for longer. the company has already sent seven private citizens on orbital flights which travel hundreds of thousands of miles, as opposed to sub-orbitals 100 miles, and last around 10 days.,zero-g training,passengers must be trained to deal with zero gravity or weightlessness that they will be subjected to.,photo: space adventures,“orbital is absolutely a real space-travel experi