Engineering innovations have pushed the frontier of mankind's journey into space. Increasingly, our interconnected devices on Earth are dependent on the thousands of satellites orbiting our planet in the exosphere. With each passing day, humanity gets incrementally closer to a trip to Mars. But first, NASA intends to establish a lunar colony. To understand what it will take for humans to live in in space for years or decades on end, an immense amount of biological research must occur.

Perhaps for the first time in 50 years, space programs are exciting again. And it's not just NASA; rather the day-to-day operations are driven by a thriving private space industry delivering satellites, cargo and people to space like some type of sublime Uber.

Altogether, these technologies a redefining humanity's physical and electronic reach - and perhaps laying the path for a future among the stars.

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