[1] From the dawn of civilization, mankind has looked
toward the stars and wondered. The idea of travel beyond one’s
own limited boundary is a concept as old as, well to use an old
[4] cliché, as old as time itself. Have you not thought yourself a
time or two or many, what it would be like to travel through
space? I personally believe that almost everyone on the planet
[7] has had this thought. And the dream will remain, as long as
mankind can produce rational thought.
Will there be space travel from star to star in the near
[10] future? No, that kind of ability is many years and quite possibly
a century or two away. But we can always dream and build and
challenge our way in that direction.
[13] And as we begin the 21st century, we enter a new arena
of space travel. That of commercial space flight enterprise. The
era of government control and big budget efforts, when only a
[16] select few can fly into space, is coming to an end. Private
companies are throwing their hats into the ring to design and
manufacture smaller and cheaper spaceships that can take the
[19] common man on a sub orbital or even orbital flight.
Internet: <www.space-and-rocket-advisor.com> (adapted).
Based on the text, it can be deduced that
government control over journey into space has come to an end.