Tourists in Space A Practical Guide /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2008.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Medicine.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

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 als...

Table of Contents:

• Strapping rockets to dreams: The significance of SpaceShipOne
• Suborbital company profiles, technology drivers, and mission architecture
• Medical and training requirements for suborbital flight
• Orbital flight: The orbital experience, company profiles, mission architectures, and enabling technologies
• Medical certification: Spaceflight participant medical standards and certification
• Training for orbital flight
• Commercial applications of space tourism
• Advanced space tourism
• Epilogue.