Space: The Economic Frontier!

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No human culture that ceases to progress can long survive. Not only is technological progress essential economically; a commitment to discovery and beauty is required for any culture to prosper morally.
India's soft landing at the south pole of the moon — as the BRICS leaders were meeting in South Africa — draws our thoughts to the heavens, to the great scientific and economic potential of cooperation in shared endeavors in space. We are united as humans, and separated from the animals, by our ability to leave this planet, to explore and improve the universe.
The development of the next generations of rocket motors, based not on chemical fuels but on nuclear reactions, will expand our celestial reach while transforming the economy here on Earth.