Âé¶¹Éç

Use Âé¶¹Éç.com or the new Âé¶¹Éç App to listen to Âé¶¹Éç podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Episode details

World Service,1 min

'I've bought a ticket to space'

Newsday

Available for over a year

Astronomer Nigel Henbest is determined to be one of the first space tourists. But why? And how did he chose which company to go with? The race between companies like Blue Origin, Space X and Virgin Galactic to become the first commercial space carriers has been intensifying. Blue Origin has even claimed that they will win, aiming to take tourists into the solar system by 2018. (Picture: Nigel Henbes; Credit: hencoup.com

Programme Website
More episodes