The ultimate promise of reusable craft like SpaceShipOne is a vastly reduced launch cost, greater ease of preparing a flight and the prospect of opening space for tourism.

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Equally, the prospect of an opening up of the local oil and gas industry to more meaningful foreign participation will involve many complex political manoeuvres.

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That might allow further interest-rate cuts, opening the prospect of more jobs for voters.

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