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Billionaire space travel heads for a new frontier

Flying on Elon Musk’s spaceship; sponsored by Doritos

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is prepared for launch of Polaris Dawn.
Doritos at DawnPhotograph: Reuters

Editor’s note (August 28th 2024): The mission was postponed a few hours before it was due to launch due to worries about bad weather.

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