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NASA is dragging their heels when it comes to space exploration. Money just isn’t available to go as fast as some people would like. This is where commercial spaceflight is taking over. Unfortunately commercial spaceflight doesn’t mean travelling to the moon and back to drop off people in the Moon Hotel. To get some idea of where you can get today with a reasonable amount of money with spaceship one from virgin Galactic compared to the space shuttle space Station and the moon etc-

238,794 miles the moon. The view from the moon.

6000 miles to 12,000 miles global positioning satellites.

600 miles to 1200 miles spy satellites keep their beady eyes on us.

250 miles to 435 miles the Earth’s Exosphere.

200 miles to 250 miles the International space Station.

150 miles to 400 miles the space shuttle.

68 miles spacecraft one from virgin Galactic.

62.5 miles space begins.

50 miles NASA awards astronaut wings.

5.5 miles Mount Everest.