Branson, Bezos, Musk: The billionaire space race but what's in it for us?

Branson, Bezos, Musk: The billionaire space race but what's in it for us?

By Sky News

On 11 July, Sir Richard Branson became the first billionaire to reach the edge of space – beating his rivals Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk – but are these just flashy joyrides or will space tourism take off in our lifetime?

On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we are joined by retired NASA astronaut and International Space Station commander, Leroy Chiao, and our US correspondent Greg Milam.

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