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NASA Solicits Private Companies to Mine the Moon                                             Source:  NASA - Venus Is This The Rise of Planet Snatching? The head of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, claims that Venus is a Russian planet.  His reasoning is that a Russian spacecraft was the first and only spacecraft to do a soft landing there.  He added Russia wants to send its own new mission to Venus in addition to an already proposed joint venture with the United States called "Venera-D". President Trump, The Planet Snatcher Rogozin is a a former deputy Prime Minister of Russia.  Several months ago, he accused President Donald Trump of planet snatching as the US started a process of developing international accords to govern mining rights and other commercialization of the Moon and planets.  Last week, NASA began se...

$50 Million ++ Flight That's Out of this World Source:  NASA - ISS Dawn of Space Tourism NASA is opening the International Space Station (ISS) to commercial business, including to space tourists.  For $35,000 per night and a $50 million ticket for a rocket ride, 2 private citizens a year can take a space vacation or do research aboard the ISS for up to 30 days.  This is a mega-change for NASA.  It reflects a decision by NASA to go commercial with the ISS and globally in space.  NASA's first private citizen trip to the ISS is expected in early 2020. The Space Economy - The Ride of Your Life Space is developing an economy of its own.  Billionaire entrepreneurs like Elon Musk with his SpaceX and Amazon's Jeff Bezos with his Blue Origin are building and launching powerful rockets to explore the Moon and colonize Mars.  Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has promised space vacations for tourists and has successfully tested its spacecraft vehic...