Space Tourist's Handbook Where to Go, What to See, and How to Prepare for the Ride of Your Life

Name: Space Tourist's Handbook Where to Go, What to See, and How to Prepare for the Ride of Your Life
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ISBN: 9781594740664

ISBN-10: 1594740666

ISBN-13: 9781594740664

Edition: 2005

Authors: Eric Anderson, Joshua Piven, Josh Piven, Dennis Tito

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In May 2001, billionaire Dennis Tito made history as the first "space tourist" he's the guy who paid $20 million to travel to the International Space Station. Since that landmark voyage, many others have followed in his footsteps all courtesy of Space Adventures, the first travel agency devoted exclusively to outer space. But before you can blast off, there's plenty to learn. In this illustrated handbook, Space Adventures CEO Eric Anderson gives would-be space tourists the exact same training program that he gives to the billionaires. Here are step-by-step instructions for liftoff, sleeping in weightless environments, using the "vacuum toilet" on the spacecraft, living in zero gravity, and…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Quirk Books
Publication date: 9/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Joshua Piven is coauthor of "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook". He's been stood up, put down, lied to , and cheated on, but fortunately not by his wife.



Foreword



Introduction


Wish You Were Here: Images of a Space Vacation


Global Spaceports


Destinations in Space


Edge-of-Space Aircraft


Sub-Orbital Systems


Orbital Systems


Zero-Gravity Flight


Edge-of-Space Flight


Sub-Orbital Flight


Space Shuttle Flights


Soyuz "Taxi" Missions


Polar Orbital Missions


Trans-Lunar Cruises


The Space Flight Medical Exam


Classroom and Equipment Training


Zero-G and High-G Physical Training


Launch


Celestial Navigation


Space Emergencies


Enjoying Space Flight


The Space Lifestyle


Preparing for Earth Return


Reentry and Landing


Learning More


A Trip of a Lifetime, and a Trip for Humankind


Future Plans


Measurements


Index