The legacy of Robert and Virginia Heinlein is the shared dream of a future of humankind expanding ever outward into space-to the Moon, to the planets, out and onward to the stars.

Space is not to be the realm of the select few. The dream, and the future, belong to us all, of every race and every nation. It is in a child in school today who understands the positive vision of the future of Robert Heinlein. It is the dream of all who see a future bright with possibilities.

Today is a dark day for space, with the shuttle grounded. We are not on the Moon, and haven't been for a generation. The day will come when we will mine the asteroids and walk the sands of Mars. We'll live and work in space for the benefit of all humanity. We'll have horizons so vast that no one who dreams and strives need be left behind. All of these things we can do, and we shall.

This bright future will be created by those of you, today, who strive to create advances in commercial space activities.

"Out of this could come something else for all of mankind-hope!"

Robert A. Heinlein

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