Abstract As the majority of civil aviation is passenger air travel operated by commercial airlines, so the majority of human spaceflight is going to be commercial passenger space travel. After 40 years of government spaceflight activities, this finally began in 2001 in Russia. G7 space agencies’ failure to generate commercial space activities with economic value commensurate to their expenditures shows that their refusal to promote passenger space travel is strongly against the public interest, and that governments’ role in space should be revised to match their role in civil aviation — aiding the growth of commercial passenger travel. The paper discusses what is needed to maximise the economic benefits to taxpayers from governments’ investment in space.


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    Title :

    Preparing for Passenger Space Travel, the Future of Human Spaceflight


    Contributors:
    Collins, P. (author)


    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


    Size :

    8 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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