Travellers will be able to fly from London to Sydney, Australia, in less than two hours within the next decade – if they go through space, research from the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) suggests.
The CAA, which overseas and regulates aviation safety, is funding medical studies that are looking into the effects of suborbital space flights, which would see passengers briefly sent into space before descending to land at their destination, according to The Sunday Times.
