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Virgin Galactic space tourism flight lifts off, but pollution and risks raise questions

Virgin Galactic launched its first space tourism mission Thursday with an 80-year-old former British Olympian and a mother and daughter from Antigua and Barbuda onboard. Alain A. Grenier, a professor in the School of Management at the University of Quebec, joined CBS News to discuss some of the possible downsides of the flight.
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