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Stepping into the breach is private US firm SpaceX, headed by PayPal co-founder and Tesla Motors CEO, Elon Musk. It has secured a $1.6bn (€1.2bn) contract with Nasa for 12 flights to carry cargo to and from the International Space Station.
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