There was a long silence ever since, with the clear policy of the government, that no state money would be spent on a space venture.

The flurry was accelerated early this year when he announced a new plan to spur private space ventures.

With the end of the cold war, Western experts have increasingly called for cooperative space ventures.

A lot of people have looked at commercial space ventures.

Midlands International hopes that this will draw other space ventures to set up shop at the airport.

The project is Russia's most ambitious space venture in recent years.

State officials have a plan involving Federal grants and tax incentives to commercial space ventures.

He was part of an international team of scientists conducting experiments associated with two Russian space ventures.

It is doing so mainly out of frustration with the agency's high cost estimates for space ventures.

The launching is a victory for one of the most quixotic space ventures ever undertaken.