Federal government makes offer to send Australian of the Year to space | ABC NEWS
The federal government has submitted a final bid to the European Space Agency to send Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg to the International Space Station.
Larrisa Wiese, deputy director of the International Space Centre at the University of Western Australia, explains whether the $100 million price tag will be worth it for the nation.
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