Window Seat

tAlK about some skyrocketing insurance premiums, it seems the emerging world of space exploration is starting to heat up, with news of the first travel insurance provider prepared to cover travellers in the event of accident or death.

UK-based insurer Battleface has announced new policy coverage for flights operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, and high-tech balloon firm Space Perspective.

Travellers hopping aboard the flights to space can now cover themselves against misadventure which may result in death or injury.

“We regularly revisit our policies to ensure we are relevant to today’s marketplace, and while space tourism is still in its infancy, several hundred space flights have been sold to ‘civilians’ and demand is growing,” Battleface CEO Sasha Gainullin said.

We’re just wondering if there’s going to be an alien abduction clause in the contract?