It is proposed as a case study that the Russian space station MIR could be privatized for tourism and maybe other commercial uses. With the imminent arrival of the International Space Station, the original purpose for MIR will have been fulfilled, and this paper explains some of the parameters involved with extending the life of MIR for the suggested commercial uses and considers the elements of an associated business plan.


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    Titel :

    Station Mir— The First Hotel for Space Tourists


    Beteiligte:
    Webber, Derek (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Sixth ASCE Specialty Conference and Exposition on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space ; 1998 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States


    Erschienen in:

    Space 98 ; 325-332


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1998-04-21




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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