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Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide
Erik Seedhouse
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Description for Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide
Paperback. Here is a practical guide for potential suborbital and orbital space tourists. It features comprehensive medical information about spaceflight health requirements, details practical training modules and explains the current drivers of the new space frontier. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 281 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 100 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MB; TRP; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 492.
Forget Hawaii or the Mediterranean. Soon – very soon – you’ll be able to add a much more exotic stamp to your passport: space. How will you get there, what will the trip be like and how much training will you need? All you need to know is right here in this guide. Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide supplies all the advice and information you need to make your spaceflight the most rewarding experience of your life. This definitive, real-world guide is packed with helpful facts and suggestions on everything from training, equipment, safety and in-flight procedures to techniques ... Read more
Forget Hawaii or the Mediterranean. Soon – very soon – you’ll be able to add a much more exotic stamp to your passport: space. How will you get there, what will the trip be like and how much training will you need? All you need to know is right here in this guide. Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide supplies all the advice and information you need to make your spaceflight the most rewarding experience of your life. This definitive, real-world guide is packed with helpful facts and suggestions on everything from training, equipment, safety and in-flight procedures to techniques ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration
Condition
New
Weight
530g
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319050379
SKU
V9783319050379
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 and wrote their Spaceflight Participants Flight Surgeon’s Manual, the precursor to Tourists in Space. He also developed astronaut-training protocols for future spaceflight participants and wrote and edited several chapters of Bigelow Aerospace’s Astronaut Training Manual. Dr. Seedhouse is a manned spaceflight consultant and research scientist specializing ... Read more
Reviews for Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide
“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)