Open AccessTourists in Space: A Practical Guide
Author(s) -
Splettstoesser John
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2008eo230011
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , aeronautics , aviation , space age , aviation medicine , international space station , mountaineering , soviet union , spacecraft , space science , tourism , administration (probate law) , operations research , engineering , political science , computer science , history , aerospace engineering , law , politics , operating system , archaeology
Whereas the technology and purposes of spacecraft have evolved many times since a dog named Laika orbited Earth on board the Soviet Union's Sputnik satellite in November 1957, tourism in space is a relatively recent innovation. There have been some guidelines on training and medical recommendations for space travelers that have been developed by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, but Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide significantly amplifies and expands on the general nature of those guidelines and presents astronaut training procedures to cover virtually all contingencies of space flight. The author is a research scientist specializing in space life sciences and environmental physiology. He has gone through the rigorous training procedures the book details for would‐be space travelers, and he also is an experienced mountaineer and winner of ultradistance triathlon contests.