May 16th - Will we use space travel to get to Australia?
The Civil Aviation Authority and the RAF have big sci-fi ambitions
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent
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Show Notes
Imagine a world where we can get from London to Sydney in two hours. It's a fantasy that the Civil Aviation Authority and the RAF have been working towards. The journey would involve space travel and sustaining a force of 6G on your body. One important thing to be sure of: whether humans could survive the journey. So, recently, a group of healthy participants between 30 and 80 years old were put under similar strains in a centrifuge. Thankfully everyone in the group survived. But does this mean we'll be zipping across the world in no time? Here's what I think.
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