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                                         04              You know where we really want to   The Solar System is packed full of
                                                                                        advice on where to go, what to
                                                         go on our holidays? Outer space,
                                                                                        pack, and what to do while you’re
                                                         that’s where we want to go. Just
                                                         imagine taking an airship through
                                                         Venus’s lemon-yellow clouds, or   there. Featuring beautiful retro-
                                                                                        inspired illustrations by Steve
                             SOJOURN                     enjoying breakfast while looking   Thomas, the book’s certainly a
       PHOTOS: BBC, STEVE THOMAS  BY OLIVIA KOSKI & JANA GRCEVICH  hexagonal vortex! It’s hard to see   descriptions of the various
                                                                                        tongue-in-cheek affair, but the
                                                         out onto Saturn’s swirling,
                                IN SPACE
                                                                                        destinations are all rooted in
                                                         how Marbella or Lanzarote could
                                                                                        sound science. With human
                                                         possibly compete.
                                      THE VACATION GUIDE
                                                           But of course, any budding space
                                                                                        spaceflight back in the public eye,
                                     TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM
                                                                                        maybe it’s time to swap those
                                                         tourist will need a guide book.
                                                                                        shorts and sarongs for a spacesuit.
                                                         Luckily, The Vacation Guide To
                                 OUT 3 AUGUST (£19.99, SQUARE PEG).
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