Exception to the "never introduce new information in a conclustion paragraph" rule?

[Ashley Marie]

I am writing a long term impact paper on the Exploration Period. I summerized all the major points I made in my body paragraphs, however, I want to make reference to how the Exploration Period gave standards for exploration in general not just by sea, and how we are currently in the midst of space exploration. I never mentioned space exploration in my paper at all. However, I feel as though it is common knowledge and not really new information. Please help!

"Humans have always had the curiosity to discover, spread their beliefs, and improve their own society, economically and socially. It was not until the Exploration Period that people learned to travel in vast, unknown seas. Goods were traded and communications were exchanged for hundreds of years until the globe was unified and sea travel was necessary for today’s commercial society. For the most part, the uncertainty factor of oceanic travel is gone. The Exploration Period did not just improve seaward travel. Today man continues to explore, but in a much amplified way. Space exploration may have seemed impossible to people living in the 14th century, however now it is reality due to the guidelines of travel created during the Exploration Period."