Soon ships were leaving on a regular basis for the appropriate stars in near space.

The solar system brightened as the rest of near space dimmed.

The screen lit up again with a view of near space.

"Continue," Tower directed, while the rest of near space held its collective breath.

She gazed into near space for a moment.

She paused for a moment and stared vacantly into near space.

The deputy stared into near space for a moment, sorrowfully shaking his head.

He stared into near space for a moment, bouncing the empty shot glass in his hand.

In near space there was not an object bigger than a micrometeoroid within two hundred million kilometers.

So they had tried desperate measures, such as colonization of near space.