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+#+title: Space Company Database
+#+startup: showall indent
+#+options: toc:nil
+
+* Overview
+This is a database of space companies. The information is tracked in an org
+file, which contains embedded lisp babel code blocks that export the company
+information to a csv file.
+
+* Generate CSV file
+To generate the CSV file open the [[file:SpaceCompanies.org][SpaceCompanies.org]] file in Emacs. Navigate
+your point to the end of the =export_block= babel block and type =C-c C-c= to
+execute the block.