06. It takes several days just to get to the Moon. It costs millions of dollars for one Space Shuttle. Will all of this change in the future? (A K2S Question)

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As a space tourism industry grows and develops, and companies design and build better and more efficient spacecraft, space travel will become cheaper, safer, and more common. Yet while this occurs, there will always be pioneers who strive to go further and extend the forefront of technology. There is a saying that "space is the final frontier" and by their nature, frontiers are always difficult.

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Answer provided by Geoffrey I. Crouch, Ph.D.

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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