Space Tourism: Ready for liftoff?
With Virgin Galactic edging closer to launching tourists through the stratosphere for the first time, what part will the insurance industry play in this uncharted territory?
Having been confined to the scripts of Hollywood science-fiction movies for much of the recent past, the impending reality of space tourism is set to launch the insurance industry towards the final
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