15 Mar 2019

Beam me up! Space is the new tourism frontier

From Morning Report, 7:41 am on 15 March 2019
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity launches for a suborbital test flight on December 13, 2018, in Mojave, California. - Virgin Galactic marked a major milestone on Thursday as its spaceship made it to a peak height, or apogee, of(82.7 kilometers),

Photo: AFP

It's been called the next space race - and New Zealand could be a contender. Growing worldwide interest in space tourism is creating market opportunities that some in this country are keen to exploit. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has already held talks with companies keen to send people into space. Ben Strang has more.