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14-Jan-2019

Key points from article :

Dutch startup SpaceLife Origin isa bio-tech and mission development company.

It plans to enable human birth in space by 2024.

Missions Program 2020-2024 is aimed at securing future human generations beyond Earth.

CEO Kees Mulder said we need to learn how to reproduce in space to become a multi-planetary species.

First step SpaceLife Ark which protects humanity’s “seeds of life” against threats to our planet.

Next is a “space embryo incubator” where reproduction cells develop out of Earth’s atmosphere.

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