Michel Van Pelt: Space Tourism | Buch

Cover: 9780387402130 | Space Tourism | Adventures in Earth Orbit and Beyond | Michel Van Pelt

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Beschreibung

Many scientific papers and popular articles have been written on the topic of space tourism, describing everything from expected market sizes to the rules of 3-dimensional microgravity football. But what would it actually feel like to be a tourist in space, to be hurled into orbit on top of a controlled explosion, to float around in a spacecraft, and to be able to look down on your hometown from above the atmosphere?

Space tourism is not science fiction anymore, Michel van Pelt tells us, but merely a logical step in the evolution of space flight. Space is about to be opened up to more and more people, and the drive behind this is one of the most powerful economic forces: tourism. Van Pelt describes what recreational space travel might look like, and explains the required space technology, the medical issues, astronaut training, and the possibilities of holidays to destinations far, far away.

This is a book for everyone who has ever dreamed of traveling to space: a dream which, according to van Pelt, may not be so far from becoming a reality.

Über den Autor

Michel van Pelt is involved in studies on future reusable spaceplanes, vehicles envisioned to be used for future space tourism businesses.

Zusammenfassung

The armchair traveler's guide to the coming boom in space tourism

Author Michel van Pelt has been working as an aerospace engineer for the technical center in of the European Space Agency and is involved in studies on future reusable spaceplanes, vehicles envisioned to be used for future space tourism businesses

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Before the Flight.- Selection for Spaceflight.- Getting Ready.- Astronauts at School.- Launch.- The Sky is not the Limit.- In Orbit.- Space Stations: Giant Cans and Wheels in the Sky.- The end of the Tour.- Returning from Space.- To the Moon, Mars and Beyond.- The Road Ahead.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	xiii 217 S.
ISBN-13:	9780387402130
ISBN-10:	0387402136
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	10932766
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Pelt, Michel Van
Hersteller:	Springer US Springer New York Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Maße:	241 x 160 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Michel Van Pelt
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.03.2005
Gewicht:	0,53 kg