Space Race Heats Up as More Players Jump InAs the NASA space shuttle program comes to a close, space exploration has become an increasingly global competition with the Europeans, Russians, Chinese, and others competing for bragging rights in the next generation of manned spacecraft.<img src="http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/scitech/~4/346273413" height="1" width="1"/>
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