Australian taxpayers paid $466,000 for training of nation’s first female astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg
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With Bennell-Pegg unlikely to go to space anytime soon, there are questions about the value of the spending by the cash-strapped Australian space program Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s first female astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg, graduated from the European Space Agency’s (Esa) training program on Monday night.She may be unlikely to take a giant leap into space anytime soon, but is on a...

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