Space race is on in the rest of the world. China and India are the ones making new headways into this space. China is targeting to build a space station by 2020 and India is targeting a manned mission to moon around the same timeline.
The endless space around our earth will continue to fascinate us and we as humans will continue to explore wondering what's beyond. The troubling US economy might have slowed down the plans but my dream to retire on Mars in still on the plans

Also, in recent years, space as developed as a profitable industry. Not space travel, but developing technologies to deploy satellites in space which is another reason advanced developing countries like China and India are investing in this business.
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