• Medientyp: Buch
  • Titel: Suborbital : industry at the edge of space
  • Beteiligte: Seedhouse, Erik [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Cham; Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer, 2014
  • Erschienen in: Springer Praxis Books
  • Enthält:
  • Umfang: XXVI, 184 S.; Ill., graf. Darst
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN: 9783319034843; 3319034847
  • Verlags-, Produktions- oder Bestellnummern: Sonstige Nummer: 86240821
  • Entstehung:
  • RVK-Notation: ZO 8650 : Raumfahrtsysteme, Bemannte Raumfahrt
  • Schlagwörter: Space launch industry ; Space industrialization ; Manned space flight
  • Beschreibung: Suborbital spaceflight. Suborbital flight : a brief history ; The legacy of SpaceShipOne ; Regulating the industry ; Suborbital risks -- Suborbital market. The 10-year forecast ; Reusable suborbital launch vehicles ; Market analysis ; The markets -- Training suborbital astronauts. Medical standards ; Suborbital medical environment ; Training for commercial suborbital spaceflight -- The Frontrunners. Virgin Galactic ; XCOR -- Contenders : vehicles waiting in the wings. Blue Origin ; Armadillo Aerospace ; Masten Space Systems ; Copenhagen Suborbitals -- Spaceports. Spaceport America ; Caribbean Spaceport ; Spaceport Sweden ; Mojave Spaceport -- Suborbital science. Potential suborbital science potential capabilities ; Portfolio of game-changing missions ; Anatomy of a science mission ; Making the most of those four minutes ; Launch day -- Payloads. Flying a payload with virgin galactic ; Flying a payload with XCOR ; Flying a payload with Blue Origin ; The suborbital payload agent -- How to get there. Strategies to fly a mission ; Become a citizen-astronaut ; Fly a payload ; Win a ticket ; Perform research. Appendix I : To boldly go where no animal has gone before -- a short history of suborbital animal astronauts -- Appendix II : Physical hazards ; Psychological response hazards ; Summary of potential effects on passengers ; Appendix III : POSSUM ; Appendix IV : Insurance
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