Suborbital: Industry at the Edge of Space

by Erik Seedhouse

Book Overview

The nascent commercial suborbital spaceflight industry will soon open the space frontier to commercial astronauts, payload specialists, scientists and of course, tourists. This book describes the tantalizing science opportunities to be offered when suborbital trips become routine within the next 12 to 18 months. It describes the difference in training and qualification necessary to become either a spaceflight participant or a fully-fledged commercial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319034847
• ISBN13: 9783319034843
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"