EAN: 9781441923141

SPACE TOURISM - MICHEL VAN PELT KARTONIERT (TB)

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. Consider it the armchair traveler's guide to the coming boom in space
tourism.

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