The business of space travel

Astrophysicist Gernot Grömer wants to promote space travel. So he founded the Austrian Space Forum. Grömer sees himself as a "shipbuilder” who’s working on making the journey to Mars possible in 20 to 30 years. To this end, he conducts analog missions here on Earth. For these, scientists known as...

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