The future will be filled with more access to outer space than ever before… but not without collaboration between government and commercial space entities. The start of a new commercial space age is credited to the Obama Administration who made timely progress in space exploration a top priority - a feat that could not be possible with the help of private space initiatives. In 2010, space-focused government contracts were expanded and the commercialization of space became a reality with the retirement of NASA’s Space Shuttle fleet in 2011.