Tourists In Space: A Practical Guide (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) - Softcover

Seedhouse, Erik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387746439 ISBN 13: 9780387746432

Publisher: Praxis, 2008

Synopsis

Recent surveys have provided new and updated information into public insights of the nascent space tourism industry. This book uniquely explores in detail the cutting-edge technologies, spacecraft capabilities, launch vehicles and the training that will define this commercial enterprise. The book also provides a manual for future suborbital and orbital private space explorers. Over half of the book is dedicated to providing for the first time essential training material for private spaceflight participants. This book provides a much needed, well-rounded understanding of what promises to be the most dynamic and exciting industry in the world.

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About the Author

Dr. Erik Seedhouse is eminently qualified to write this informative handbook for all potential spaceflight participants.  He was an Astronaut Training Consultant and wrote the Spaceflight Participants Flight Surgeon’s Manual for Bigelow Aerospace in 2005. He also developed astronaut training protocols for future spaceflight participants and wrote and edited several chapters of Bigelow Aerospace’s Astronaut Training Manual. He has written many technical and scientific articles as well as articles for Spaceflight magazine. Erik Seedhouse is a research scientist specializing in environmental life sciences and physiology, for which he obtained his Ph.D. in Physiology while working for the European Space Agency between 1996 and 1998.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praxis
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387746439
• ISBN 13: 9780387746432
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360