Tourists in space : a practical guide / Erik Seedhouse.
"Recent surveys have provided new and updated information into public insights of the nascent space tourism industry. Erik Seedhouse uniquely explores in detail the cutting-edge technologies, spacecraft capabilities, launch vehicles and the training that will define this commercial enterprise a...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer, Published in association with Praxis Pub., Chichester, UK,
[2008]
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| Series: | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "Recent surveys have provided new and updated information into public insights of the nascent space tourism industry. Erik Seedhouse uniquely explores in detail the cutting-edge technologies, spacecraft capabilities, launch vehicles and the training that will define this commercial enterprise and also provides a manual for future suborbital and orbital private space explorers. This overview of the space tourism market is based upon choices the spaceflight participant must make, such as choice of agency, mode and spaceport. A detailed explanation is given of the medical requirements for spaceflight participants, with special reference to potential waiver criteria. Over half of the book is a comprehensive astronaut training/instructional manual that addresses each of the 15 subjects required for suborbital and orbital flight."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some colour). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0387523162 9780387523163 0387746439 9780387746432 0387746447 9780387746449 1281397369 9781281397362 |