{"id":32924,"date":"2023-05-16T15:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=32924"},"modified":"2023-05-16T15:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:06:05","slug":"flights-from-sydney-to-london-take-two-hours-with-outer-space-shortcut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/flights-from-sydney-to-london-take-two-hours-with-outer-space-shortcut\/32924\/","title":{"rendered":"Flights from Sydney to London take just two hours with an outer space shortcut"},"content":{"rendered":"
New research from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) suggests that flights from Sydney to London could be reduced by around 20 hours by travelling through space.<\/p>\n
The experts say that these suborbital flights could be commercialised in the next decade, meaning passengers will be able to navigate the \u00a0globe in less time than it takes to fly across Australia.<\/p>\n
Currently, it takes a whopping 22 hours to fly from Sydney to London \u2013 but with advances in suborbital space flights, this could become just a few hours.<\/p>\n
Suborbital flights entail passengers being launched into space for a short period before descending to the desired location \u2013 an out-of-this-world shortcut.<\/p>\n
These types of flights have been popularised in recent years, such as those offered by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic.<\/p>\n
Currently, space tourists pay around \u00a3350,000 per seat \u2013 making it easy to understand why most passengers opt for the slower but significantly cheaper option.<\/p>\n
However, regulators have predicted these prices will soon plummet like a rocket reentering the atmosphere, eventually making this intergalactic flight option more viable.<\/p>\n
In their recent study, CAA employed The UK’s Royal Air Force technology to recreate the G-forces experienced in suborbital flights on 24 participants.<\/p>\n
The results showed that most people could handle space travel without suffering severe health outcomes \u2013 although a temporary loss of vision was experienced by 88% of participants.<\/p>\n
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Additionally, people with prior health and lung conditions or obesity could be at an increased risk of poor health outcomes.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, due to their stiffer arteries \u2013 older people may cope better with the effect of space travel than younger people.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the findings, Paul Kostek, IEEE senior member and advisory systems engineer with Air Direct Solutions, outlined the critical steps required to grow the space tourism industry and ensure that rapid flights from Sydney to London become a reality.<\/p>\n
Kostek explained: “The advent of space tourism is very much upon us. However, for space tourism to become an established industry, private companies must be able to achieve a return on investment.<\/p>\n