January 1 marks no major astronomical alignment. It commemorates no major historical event. It is largely an arbitrary date on which to start a new year.
This year, 2014, should finally see the beginning of commercial space tourism flights, suborbital flights by Virgin Galactic. It should also see NASA's rover Curiosity reach its major goal, the Martian mountain Mount Sharp. Reading Mount Sharp's geologic layers may finally establish that we are not alone in the universe. This could be a big year.
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