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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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"Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide ... look at suborbital and orbital space tourism, particularly for those people considering signing up for a ride into space. ... the book goes into considerable detail about what sort of training prospective spaceflight participants (to use the official FAA terminology, as Seedhouse does in the book) should undergo, and why. ... a good investment to see what they re getting into." --Jeff Foust, National Space Society, July, 2008
"Tourists in Space is a unique book, and its subtitle A Practical Guide hints at what is inside. ... If you are interested in the physiological side of spaceflight then this book is for you ... ." --Nick Quinn, Astronomy Now, August, 2008
"Tourists in Space is a unique book, and its subtitle A Practical Guide hints at what is inside. ... If you are interested in the physiological side of spaceflight then this book is for you ... ." --Nick Quinn, Astronomy Now, August, 2008
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