How space got boring
As the Polaris Dawn mission takes astronauts farther from Earth than anyone has been in 50 years, the public is nonplussed. Have we lost our sense…
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Jonn Elledge
Jonn Elledge is a freelance journalist and author, formerly assistant editor of the New Statesman. His latest book, A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines On Our Maps, is out now.
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