Handbook of Space Travel and Tourism Book

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to space tourism, exploration, habitat and advocacy. 2. Space colonization and commercialization: special focus on moon. 3. Space technology, space station and spaceport: select case studies. 4. Spaceflight: typology, elements, dimensions and records. 5. Private spaceflight companies offering services in space and space tourism: an exhaustive listing. 6. Successful spacecrafts, space planes and space tourists: model case studies. 7. Select global projects related to low-cost access to space for promoting space tourism. 8. Major global organizations associated with space travel and tourism. 9. Space art, fellowships and prizes: model examples. 10. Sex in space: a tourism perspective. 11. Space and spaceflight: issues related to survival, adaptation, suit, food, music and medicine. Bibliography. Index.

This publication titled Handbook of space travel and tourism is a unique attempt to address all aspects of space travel and tourism. It gives both conceptual and practical aspects of this new kind of commercial activity. This handbook provides readers with an introductory overview of space tourism, exploration, habitat and advocacy with focus on related timeline of orbital launches. The modern trend of space colonization and its rapid commercialization is covered, including moon as an attractive extra-celestial body. The quasi universal intergalactic denomination is also discussed. Select case studies of space technologies, space stations and space sports are done so as to elaborate further on related issues and leading initiative in this regard. Various typologies, elements, dimensions and records of space flights are presented in detail, such as orbital, sub-orbital, interplanetary, etc. A mode case study is done of a space flight manual. This handbook also provides an exhaustive listing of private spacecraft companies offering different types of services in space. Such major companies are discussed briefly. Global successful spacecrafts, space planets and notable space tourists have been included for elaborate description in this handbook. The timeline of space travel is given so as to have a proper understanding. Select global projects related to low cost access to space for promoting space tourism have been described in an extensive way. Similarly, major global organizations associated with space travel and tourism is described. Model examples of space art, space fellowships and prizes are covered. Besides, a tourism perspective on sex in space is given, including its elements, dimensions and trends. This handbook also highlights issues related to survival, adaptation, dress, food, music and medicines used in space. In concrete terms, this is a complete reference book on the subject.