BBC Sky at Night

The Sky at Night TV show, past, present and future INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT

Space is booming. Satellites monitor the climate, connect us to the internet and help us to study the Universe. Someday soon we could get back to the Moon. Spaceflight is getting cheaper as new commercial companies build rockets and spacecraft, while dangling the promise of space tourism.

This is all very exciting, but at the same time, both scientists and industry workers

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