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


    Access

    Redirect to SLUB

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Suborbital : industry at the edge of space


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2014


    Size :

    XXVI, 184 S.



    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    338.0919 / 387.8
    RVK:    ZO 8650



    Suborbital : Industry at the Edge of Space

    Seedhouse, Erik | TIBKAT | 2014



    SUBORBITAL SPACE SAFETY ASSESSMENT

    Gamal, Hamed / Mantilla, Camilo Andrés Reyes / Hubert, David | TIBKAT | 2020


    Suborbital Flights for Space Science

    Arnold, Steven P. / Lindstrom, Kurt | AIAA | 2013


    Safety Risk Management for the Emerging Commercial Suborbital Space Industry

    Verstraeten, J. / Roelen, A. / International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2013