How about going on your own space odyssey in 2040?

Advances could mean extraterrestrial travel is no longer just for super-rich

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U.S. company Virgin Galactic has successfully brought tourists to the edge of outer space. (Photo by Virgin Galactic)

ARATA SHIGENO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's successful landing of a probe on the moon on Jan. 20 highlights people and governments' ongoing interest in space exploration. One aspect of that exploration is space travel, which is about to become accessible not just to a tiny number of ultrawealthy people but to a much broader slice of the public, thanks to recent technological advances.

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