/sci/ - Science & Math

>plenty of companies around the world developing safe spacecraft for human use

>companies also developing commercial space stations

>China will begin sending more men into space

>India will begin sending men into space in a few short years

>Even Iran might start sending men into space by 2021

>ISS will last until 2020, possibly even 2028.

>Increasing competition and production in space industry will cause a drop in costs

>NASA will have more money for science and not spend as much as they have on just maintaining space launch infrastructure and spacecrafts

>Asteroids could make resources like gold and titanium plentiful in the future.

>Russia, China, India, ESA, and the US all have plans for men on the moon for extended stays within 20 years.

mfw the future of space exploration has never been so bright