Tourists in Space
A Practical Guide
Erik Seedhouse

Space tourism promises to become the most exciting and
dynamic industry of the next few decades. But to be successful,
every participant in the space tourism industry, from operator
to traveler, must be aware of what to expect and how best to
prepare for these amazing voyages.
Tourists in Space serves as a handbook, reference guide and
training tool for all potential spaceflight participants. It
uniquely explores 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. It looks at
the choices the spaceflight participant must make, such as
agency, mode and spaceport, and describes the mission
architectures and enabling technologies of the primary
suborbital and orbital companies.
This book is essential reading for everyone interested in the
future of space travel - astronauts and armchair travelers alike!
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the author
List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations and acronyms
Introduction: Commercial potential for space tourism
- 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
- The march of Cain: Humans as a destroyer of species
- Medical certification: Spaceflight participant medical standards and certification
- Training for orbital flight
Module 1 Introduction to the space environment
Module 2 Survival training
Module 3 Medical training
Module 4 G tolerance and high-altitude indoctrination training
Module 5 Space motion sickness and zero-G theory
Module 6 Onboard systems orientation and generic vehicle orientation
Modules & and 8 Flight and emergency procedures
- Commercial application of space tourism
- Advanced space tourism
Epilogue
Index
References
Index
Extent: 314 pages 40 color illustrations
Binding:Paperback
Published: 2008
ISBN: 978-0-387-74643-2

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