06-03-2017 02:15 via denver.cbslocal.com

Colorado Likely To Benefit From Privatized Space Travel

DENVER (CBS4) – It’s been 60 years since the first Earth satellite was launched into outer space. The Soviet Union sent Sputnik into orbit in 1957, triggering a “space race” with the United States. Now there’s a new out-of-this-world mission and Colorado is helping lead the way.
More than four decades have flown by since humans were launched into space for a mission to the moon. Private company SpaceX is planning to change that by sending two people into space next
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