Erik Seedhouse - Tourists in Space & Lunar Outpost (2008) (2 eBooks - PDFs)

Erik Seedhouse - Tourists in Space & Lunar Outpost (2008) (2 eBooks - PDFs)

Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide (2008)

Recent surveys have provided new and updated information into public insights of the nascent space
tourism industry. Erik Seedhouse uniquely explores in detail the cutting-edge technologies, spacecraft
capabilities, launch vehicles and the training that will define this commercial enterprise and also
provides a manual for future suborbital and orbital private space explorers. This overview of the space
tourism market is based upon choices the spaceflight participant must make, such as choice of agency,
mode and spaceport. A detailed explanation is given of the medical requirements for spaceflight
participants, with special reference to potential waiver criteria. Over half of the book is a
comprehensive astronaut training/instructional manual that addresses each of the 15 subjects required
for suborbital and orbital flight. A DVD with instructional lectures in the form of powerpoint slides
might be included.

Following an Introduction examining the commercial potential for space tourism, Section 1 covers
Suborbital Flight. Chapter 1 opens with a description and analysis of the significance of SpaceShipOne.
Chapter 2 gives the Suborbital frontrunner profiles, mission architectures and technical aspects from
launch to landing while the following chapter details the training and medical requirements for space
tourists. Section 2 covers the same aspects for Orbital Flight, including a civilian astronaut training
manual, enabling technologies, capabilities and personnel. A description is given of the anticipated
on-orbit phases that will introduce the potential spaceflight participant or reader to the capsule,
rendezvous, medical support, mission events and de-orbit phase. Section 3 gives a detailed assessment
of the future of space tourism based on current technologies, commercial applications, military use and
Lunar and Mars missions. Countries without space programs are also included.

Erik Seedhouse provides a much needed, well-rounded understanding of what promises to be the most
dynamic, multi-faceted and exciting industry in the world. He shows how seemingly innocuous players are
disproving long held beliefs about what can be achieved in space despite the inherent complexities, and
why this industry may soon define the new norm in space travel.

Publisher: Praxis (2008)
ISBN: 0387746439

Lunar Outpost: The Challenges of Establishing Human Settlements on the Moon (2008)

Lunar Outpost provides a detailed account of the various technologies, mission architectures, medical
requirements and training needed to return humans to the Moon within the next decade. It focuses on the
means by which a lunar outpost will be constructed and also addresses major topics such as the cost of
the enterprise and the roles played by private companies and individual countries.

The return of humans to the surface of the Moon will be critical to the exploration of the solar system.
The various missions are not only in pursuit of scientific knowledge, but also looking to extend human
civilization, economic expansion, and public engagement beyond Earth. As well as NASA, China's Project
921, Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency, Russia, and the European Space Agency are all planning manned
missions to the Moon and, eventually, to Mars.

The Ares-I and Ares-V are the biggest rockets since the Saturn V and there is much state-of-the-art
technology incorporated into the design of Orion, the spacecraft that will carry a crew of four
astronauts to the Moon. Lunar Outpost also describes the human factors, communications, exploration
activities, and life support constraints of the missions.

Publisher: Praxis (2008)
ISBN: 0387097465

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