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The Brazilian delegate to the committee summarized the group’s position: “It does not seem justifiable ... that space activities ... should evolve in a climate of total laissez-faire, which would conceal under the cloak of rationality new ways for an abusive exercise of power by those who exert con…

Extreme travel firm Space Adventures began offering occasional private trips to the International Space Station in 2001. Ticket prices reached $30 million.

With these three principles, Braverman restored Marx’s emphasis on the class implications of technology in capitalist society. Scientific management was no neutral technique for improving efficiency, but a scheme for controlling labor in its struggle with capital. The failure to appreciate this poi…