Research Paper on:
History and Future Promises of Space Exploration

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which we know as stars and planets and the great expanse of distance which lies between each of these bodies. Certain components of space we can experience using only  our unaided senses. These components are, however, extremely limited in regard to the percentage of space which they actually represent. Space, in fact, is incomprehensible in its extent.  We measure the distances in light years, not miles. We make hypotheses about it nature using observations of physical phenomena such as Einsteins theory of relativity, the Doppler  effect and the nature of light. Even with the most advanced features of technology and knowledge, however, we can only guess how extensive and how old the universe is  and how it came to be. What we do know that we are just tiny inconsequential specks in that great expanse of distance and time. We yearn, however,  to more fully understand space and with that yearning comes our desire to travel into space and to see first hand the marvels which it holds. These desires are  apparently universal. By far the most advanced space programs in the world, however, are that of the United States, Russia, and the European Space Agency. Each of these  programs have had tremendous successes in improving our understanding of space. At the same time, however, there are tremendous inroads to be made in this understanding. These inroads  are not purely academic in nature but can directly benefit mankind in numerous ways. Space and rocket research in the United States was  largely shaped by the Cold War. This "war" was not a shooting war between the two major countries of Russia and the United States but a strong competition between