Billionaires, costume designers and beer: I spent a day at the Space Symposium and learned about how the tech elite will conquer the final frontier

Jae C. Hong/Associated Press

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There were four themes that were obvious at this year's Space Symposium conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1) The rising influence of tech billionaires like Bezos, SpaceX's Elon Musk and Virgin Group's Richard Branson;

2) The fact that between trade shows and the space industry, augmented reality and virtual reality have found their business use case — especially both, together.

3) Everyone is working on putting humans on Mars;

4) Space-based businesses are booming, with billions of dollars of venture funding pouring in annually.

Here's a look at my trip to the Space Symposium, and what I learned:

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