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Could we soon be holidaying on the Moon?

Astronomer David Whitehouse says the prospect of Moon tourism is only a few years away

US private rocket company SpaceX has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the Moon.

Will travel to - and landing on - the Moon become more commonplace in the future?

Astronomer and author David Whitehouse says the prospect of tourists stepping foot on the Moon is probably only a few years away.

(Image: Eugene A. Cernan on the Moon. Credit: EPA)

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