Tourists in Space A Practical Guide /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Medicine.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

Forget Hawaii or the Mediterranean. Soon – very soon – you’ll be able to add a much more exotic stamp to your passport: space. How will you get there, what will the trip be like, and how much training will you need? All you need to know is right here in this guide. Tourists in Space: A Practical Gui...

Table of Contents:

• The Space Tourism Industry
• Space Tourism: A Short History
• Market and Industry
• Spaceports
• Suborbital Missions
• Suborbital Operators
• Suborbital Vehicles
• Medical and Training Requirements
• Orbital and Beyond Orbit Missions
• Orbital Operators
• Missions
• Medical and Training Requirements.