03407nam a22005055i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001500172072001600187072002300203072001500226100008500241245010900326250001800435264006900453300006500522336002600587337002600613338003600639347002400675490003400699505032500733520130601058650003702364650002502401650003402426650001802460650004702478650005002525650002602575710003402601773002602635776003602661776003602697776003602733830004102769856004602810912001402856912001402870999001702884978-3-031-55604-3DE-He21320251030112018.0cr nn 008mamaa240429s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315560439978-3-031-55604-37 a10.1007/978-3-031-55604-32doi 4aTL787-4050 7aTTD2bicssc 7aSCI0980002bisacsh 7aTTD2thema1 aSeedhouse, Erik.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut97600410aCommercial Astronautsh[electronic resource] :bThe Next Generation of Spacefarers /cby Erik Seedhouse.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXIV, 235 p. 97 illus., 95 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aSpace Exploration,x2731-541X0 aChapter 1. Commercial Astronauts -- Chapter 2. The Commercial Spaceflight Market -- Chapter 3. Legal and Liability Considerations -- Chapter 4. Suborbital Operators -- Chapter 5. Orbital Operators -- Chapter 6. Operational Medicine -- Chapter 7. Training -- Chapter 8. Suborbital Missions -- Chapter 9. Orbital Missions.  aThe beginning of the 2020’s witnessed dozens of commercial astronauts fly to space on a variety of vehicles. These spacecraft included SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, which supported the Inspiration4 and Axiom Space missions, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, which supported several suborbital science flights, and Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft, which not only flew celebrities but also its fair share of commercial astronauts. The story of this new breed of spacefarer has only just begun. As evidenced by these missions, commercial spaceflight has grown beyond passengers simply traveling to space just for the ride. With orbital flights involving commercial astronauts staying in space for several days and weeks, companies such as Sierra Space, Axiom Space and Blue Origin are preparing for the next steps in commercial space travel which include the construction of orbiting habitats. But how will the opportunities for commercial astronauts develop, how will they be trained, and will this new group of astronauts evolve? This book describes how the commercial spaceflight industry is evolving, how it will continue to evolve as barriers to entry are reduced, competition grows, and costs are lowered, and how, because of these efforts, opportunities for commercial astronauts will increase. 0aOuter spacexExploration.969043 0aAstronautics.966336 0aAerospace engineering.966335 0aSpace.97020014aSpace Exploration and Astronautics.96904424aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.96633924aSpace Studies.9729562 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303155603608iPrinted edition:z978303155605008iPrinted edition:z9783031556067 0aSpace Exploration,x2731-541X97566240uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55604-3  aZDB-2-PHA  aZDB-2-SXP  c59493d59493