UK Businesses Seek Space Opportunties

Think about this...the United States first went into space to compete against Russia who had sent up the first satellite.  Now the United States has decided to stop the space shuttle program, but other parts of the world such as the UK are not putting even more time and money into finding ways to explore opportunties within space.  What do you think about the idea of being able to pay a certain fee in order to go into space?  What possibilities do you see within the future of space exploration?  What do you think the United States should do now to stay in the space race?  What are we going to miss out since we have decided to stop our exploration of space?