Overview
- Updates the first edition with the new players in the field, comprehensive medical information about spaceflight health requirements and a thorough explanation of the current drivers of the new space frontier
- Addresses potential space tourists who may be contemplating spaceflight in the near future now that the market has advanced
- Describes the specifications of current vehicles in development and how the space tourism market will evolve in the next 5, 10 and 25 years
- Describes the generic academic and practical training modules required by suborbital, orbital and lunar tourists
- Explains the physiological consequences of suborbital and orbital flight for space tourists
- Describes a typical suborbital and orbital space tourism spaceflight experience from start to finish
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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“The book is written with authority and humour and if you have any interest in going to space it’s a good read. You’ll learn lots.” (Malcolm Gough, The Observatory, Vol. 135 (1246), June, 2015)
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Book Title: Tourists in Space
Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide
Authors: Erik Seedhouse
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05038-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05037-9Published: 24 June 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05038-6Published: 03 June 2014
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXIV, 281
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Popular Science in Astronomy, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Medicine/Public Health, general