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As Washington, Wall Street and virtually every other major institution in this country remained engrossed this week in the ongoing debt-ceiling negotiations, another federal feat occurred that received very little fanfare even though it has broad implications for our country.

I’m referring to the landing of NASA’s final mission of the shuttle Atlantis following its last 13-day mission.

That’s right, folks, after yesterday, there will not be another human spaceflight for at least four to five years, according to industry experts.

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