And other stories from the stranger side of life
Holidaymakers will be able to fly from London to Sydney in less than two hours within a decade by travelling through space, said the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The organisation is exploring the effects of suborbital space flights, in which tourists would be blasted into space briefly before descending to their destination. “Try to clench your buttocks as you leave and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere,” said The Times, imagining the safety briefing on such a flight.
