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100 1 _aSeedhouse, Erik.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSuborbital
_h[electronic resource] :
_bIndustry at the Edge of Space /
_cby Erik Seedhouse.
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer International Publishing :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2014.
300 _aXXVI, 184 p. 84 illus., 79 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSpringer Praxis Books
505 0 _aThe Industry -- Suborbital Spaceflight -- Suborbital Reusable Vehicle Markets -- Training Suborbital Astronauts.- The Operators and Their Vehicles -- The Frontrunners -- Systems under Development -- Launch sites -- The Missions -- Science Missions -- Payload and Tourist Missions -- The Industry Today & Emerging Markets.
520 _aUntil recently, spaceflight has been the providence of a select corps of astronauts whose missions, in common with all remarkable exploits, were experienced vicariously by the rest of the world via television reports and Internet feeds. These spacefarers risked their lives in the name of science, exploration and adventure, thanks to government-funded manned spaceflight programs. All that is about to change The nascent commercial suborbital spaceflight industry will soon open the space frontier to commercial astronauts, payload specialists and, of course, spaceflight participants. Suborbital explains the tantalizing science opportunities offered when suborbital trips become routine and describes the difference in training and qualification necessary to become either a spaceflight participant or a fully fledged commercial suborbital astronaut. Suborbital also explains how the commercial suborbital spaceflight industry is planning and preparing for the challenges of marketing the hiring of astronauts. It examines the role of commercial operators as enablers accessing the suborbital frontier and how a partnership with governments and the private sector will eventually permanently integrate the free market’s innovation of commercial suborbital space activities
650 0 _aEngineering.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 0 _aAstronautics.
650 0 _aEntrepreneurship.
650 1 4 _aEngineering.
650 2 4 _aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.
650 2 4 _aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
650 2 4 _aEntrepreneurship.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aSpringer Praxis Books
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03485-0
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