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Bezos' rocket blasts Star Trek actor into space

William Shatner becomes the oldest person to travel to space, aboard the Blue Origin craft. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones.

William Shatner makes global headlines by becoming the oldest person to travel to space, aboard the Blue Origin craft backed by Jeff Bezos. But has Elon Musk effectively already won the billionaires’ space race? Plus the ambitious plan to carry solar and wind energy from Morocco to the UK. And we take a trip through mobile phone history with the founder of a new virtual handset museum. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with Â鶹Éç senior tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.

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Fri 15 Oct 2021 21:06GMT

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