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NASA has become a big bureaucracy, let billionaires rule space

Angus Grigg
Angus GriggNational affairs correspondent

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It could be the punchline of a joke. When Charlie Duke, the youngest man to ever walk on the moon, is asked about the mechanics of going to the toilet in space, he has a line ready to deliver.

“The short answer is … very carefully,” he says during a visit to Sydney this week.

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Angus Grigg is an investigative reporter based in Sydney. He has worked as a foreign correpondent in China and Indonesia, and has won two Walkley Awards. Connect with Angus on Twitter. Email Angus at agrigg@afr.com

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