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You will soon be able to go into space cheaply

Many of us would love to go into space but, almost 60 years after the dawn of the space age, very few can afford it. But there might soon be a cheaper option. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Future Space Correspondent, Richard Hollingham, reports from Tucson, Arizona, where a balloon company is planning to fly tourists high into the stratosphere and also take on services provided by satellites - such as communications and weather forecasting - with 'stratolites'.

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Inside Science, 15 September 2016.

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