Astronauts For Hire The Emergence of a Commercial Astronaut Corps /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Management.; Industrial management.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Innovation/Technology Management.

The spaceflight industry is being revolutionized. It is no longer the sole preserve of professional astronauts working on government-funded manned spaceflight programs. As private companies are being encouraged to build and operate launch vehicles, and even spacecraft that can be hired on a contract...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1: Astronauts for Hire
• The World's First Commercial Astronaut Agency
• The Commercial Spaceflight Corps
• Medical Qualification and Training
• Section II: Operators
• Commercial Spaceflight Industry
• The New Breed of Space Vehicles
• Section III: Missions
• Suborbital Missions
• Orbital Missions
• Beyond Earth Orbit.