Space tourism: how long before ordinary Aussies blast off?
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Space tourism: how long before ordinary Aussies blast off?

Briefing listener, Laura, contacted us asking for an episode on the commercial space race….and in particular, when Australians should expect to be able to fly on rockets at an affordable price.

Professor Alan Duffy is an astronomer at Swinburne and Lead Scientist of the Royal Institution of Australia. He says there are three main players – Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic; Elon Musk’s Space X; and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. They’re billionaire’s competing for dominance in the burgeoning space tourism sector.

So how long will it be before Australians can afford to blast off into space? And when seats are commonplace, how much will it cost.

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