The Russians and Japanese are planning on building moonbases. Just robotic ones, though, as sending in humans first wouldn't make sense.
I think privet company's will get ahead of government space agency's. I mean read this, I think its awesome (progress I mean) http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/24/tech-tycoons-asteroid-mining-venture Also somewhere I read, that few rich motherfuckers are funding a fueling station to space
Did anyone see that one company that was offering flights into space? I think it was Virgin Airlines..
Branson made a whole other company to lead his crazy space expeditions. He also owns islands in the Virgin Isle. I wonder is he's a virgin.