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'New Space' leaders and ex-astronauts to speak at MIT Nov. 9-12

11-08-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Anousheh Ansari, who became the world's first privately financed female space explorer when she traveled to the International Space Station last year, will give the kickoff keynote speech Friday, Nov. 9, for the SpaceVision 2007 conference at MIT.

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