It's 2009 and a new president is looking to shake up the space world by opening up the stars to private industry.
But with NASA’s space shuttle about to retire, the United States soon won't be able to reach the International Space Station without Russian help.
U.S. leadership in space hangs in the balance and everyone's looking to the new space companies to deliver the solution.
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