Commercialization of space

1. to launch people into space

2. economic profits

3. the matter of competitiveness

4. space entrepreneurs

5. space agency

6. affordable travel

7. a new frontier for business

8. the lunar missions

9. international diplomacy

10. pre-flight training

11. to handle emergency situations

12. safety advice

13. to profit from space

14. to be encouraged

15. international participation

16. to stimulate the nation’s commercial space transportation industry

17. colonization

18. accessible to the elite

19. to turn space exploration into money

20. the development of new technologies

21. improvement of the phone-connection and navigation

22. financial rewarding

23. to develop commerce

24. to reduce prices for private space flights

25. to compete to get the greater part of profits

26. to build new spaceports and spacecrafts

27. to explore space to get huge profits

28. to regulate the commercial space industry

29. space races

30. paying passengers

31. to receive commercial services

32. commercial space activities, participation

33. to expand the sphere of influence of commerce from Earth to lower orbit and beyond

34. to allocate money to smth

35. to buy trips to space

36. to conquer space

37. ideological contest

38. to create new industries

39. to sell opportunities to smb

40. to meet the geopolitical interests

41. to achieve great advancements in science

42. to mine the Moon and other planets for minerals

43. to search for new sources of fuel and energy

44. to carry out “terraforming”

45. to invest money into space tourism

46. to quest for funding

47. to be motivated by profit

48. to provide enough energy for Earth

49. to catalyst/boost the new industry

50. to modify existing spacecrafts

51. to be a good prospect for science flourishing

52. to lower prices by organizations development

Miscellaneous:

- To usher in the space age

- To grab a larger slice of the business

- To benefit the common man

- To boost into space

- Elliptical orbit

- To circle the planet

- Banner headlights

- Rocket scientist – космический специалист, астроном

- Creative good luck

- Intercontinental ballistic missile - межконтинентальная баллистическая ракета

- Nose cone – носовой обтекатель (the conical forward section of a missile, spacecraft, etc., designed to withstand high temperatures, esp during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere)

- Dense layer of the atmosphere

- Get caught up in the excitement

- To signal the beginning of the space race

- Rocket engine – ракетный двигатель

- To exploit the lead

- Micro-gravity – микрогравитация; микропритяжение

- To attract an international pull of talent

- Culturally and racially diverse

- Apollo missions

- To work in collaboration - работать в сотрудничестве [соавторстве] с кем-л.

- Scientific outpost – научное представительство

- Unprecedented views of the Universe

- Clunky satellite – большой/тяжеловесный спутник

- To familiarize oneself - освоиться, ознакомиться с чем-л.

- Flight engineer – бортинженер

- To oversee the expansion of the space station

- Increase the amount of interior space

- To release energy – освобождать энергию

- NT – New Technology

- To track the asteroid

- Positional data – данные о положении

- Crater