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Interview with Oliver Ullrich and Claude Nicollier on commercial Space Travel

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Can everybody go to space now? The era of commercial space travel has begun as Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have successfully sent their vehicles to space this month. In an interview published in the "Tagesanzeiger" (in German) UZH Space Hub Director Oliver Ullrich and Swiss Astronaut Claude Nicollier talk about risks and chances of manned commercial space flight. Oliver Ullrich is convinced that these new opportunities might also improve the power and complexity of experiments in space, due to the increased accessibility for professional scientists.

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