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Why billionaires are drawn to ‘extreme tourism’ – and does money change our relationship with risk? | World News
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Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceflight will today fly the first ever paying customers to the edge of space. Taking off from New Mexico, Galactic 02 will take three passengers – an 80-year-old former Olympian with Parkinson’s disease and a mother and daughter duo who won their tickets in a sweepstake – 50 miles (80km)…
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Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight launches today – here’s what you need to know | Science & Tech News
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Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight launches today, blasting a former Olympian and mother-daughter duo above the Earth. It follows the company’s inaugural commercial trip earlier this summer, when three Italian citizens were taken into low orbit for scientific research experiments. Thursday’s take-off is billed as a recreational endeavour, with some crewmates winning their seats…