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Suborbital: Industry at the Edge of Space
Erik Seedhouse
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Description for Suborbital: Industry at the Edge of Space
Paperback. This book explores how the commercial suborbital industry is poised to develop into a viable market. It describes how suborbital vehicles operate, how research will be conducted in suborbital flight, and how commercial organizations will train astronauts. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 210 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 79 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJH; PGC; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
The nascent commercial suborbital spaceflight industry will soon open the space frontier to commercial astronauts, payload specialists, scientists and of course, tourists. This book describes the tantalizing science opportunities to be offered when suborbital trips become routine within the next 12 to 18 months. It describes the difference in training and qualification necessary to become either a spaceflight participant or a fully-fledged commercial suborbital astronaut and it describes the vehicles this new class of astronauts will use. Anticipation is on the rise for the new crop of commercial suborbital spaceships that will serve the scientific and educational ... Read more
The nascent commercial suborbital spaceflight industry will soon open the space frontier to commercial astronauts, payload specialists, scientists and of course, tourists. This book describes the tantalizing science opportunities to be offered when suborbital trips become routine within the next 12 to 18 months. It describes the difference in training and qualification necessary to become either a spaceflight participant or a fully-fledged commercial suborbital astronaut and it describes the vehicles this new class of astronauts will use. Anticipation is on the rise for the new crop of commercial suborbital spaceships that will serve the scientific and educational ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration
Condition
New
Weight
365g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319034843
SKU
V9783319034843
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Erik Seedhouse
Dr. Erik Seedhouse worked as an Astronaut Training Consultant for Bigelow Aerospace in 2005, a company for whom he wrote the Spaceflight Participants Flight Surgeon's Manual. He also developed astronaut-training protocols for future spaceflight participants and wrote and edited several chapters of Bigelow Aerospace's Astronaut Training Manual. Erik is a research scientist specializing in environmental life sciences and physiology, the ... Read more
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