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1. Sources

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Chris Petty and Dennis R. Jenkins

Published
2020

3. Epilogue

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Chris Petty and Dennis R. Jenkins

Published
2020

5. Index

Author

Chris Petty and Dennis R. Jenkins

Published
2020

19. Acknowledgments

Author

Chris Petty and Dennis R. Jenkins

Published
2020

22. Contents

Author

Chris Petty and Dennis R. Jenkins

Published
2020

24. Foreword

Author

Chris Petty and Dennis R. Jenkins

Published
2020

26. Cover

Author

Roger D. Launius and Dennis R. Jenkins

Published
2015

28. Index

Author

Roger D. Launius and Dennis R. Jenkins

Published
2015

44. Is It Finally Time for Space Tourism?

Author

Dennis R. Jenkins and Roger D. Launius

Subjects
Economy, Law, Political Science and International Relations, International Space Station, Economics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space (commercial competition), Space tourism, Adventure, Private sector, Tourism
Abstract

To date, only four paying space tourists have flown, and the prospect for broad, sustainable space tourism remains a dream. This article notes that there are two types of tourists conflated by the advocates of space tourism. The first are a tiny group of adventurers with significant wealth and other resources who seek thrills and bragging rights. They have enjoyed success in using government-owned resources for their extreme tourism experience by flying on Soyuz capsules operated by Russia, and the International Space Station owned and operated by a consortium of nations as a major research station. The second group seeks more modest excursions with a minimum of risk and a smaller price tag. Only the first group has much prospect for tourism in space in the foreseeable future, but the second group is the more important, and expanding its space tourism opportunities represents the primary means of achieving the goal of opening space to the public. This article also differentiates between private sector sub...

Published
2006

46. To Reach the High Frontier : A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles

Author

Roger D. Launius, Dennis R. Jenkins, Roger D. Launius, and Dennis R. Jenkins

Subjects
Rocketry--United States--History, Launch vehicles (Astronautics)--United States--History
Abstract

Access—no single word better describes the primary concern of the exploration and development of space. Every participant in space activities—civil, military, scientific, or commercial—needs affordable, reliable, frequent, and flexible access to space. To Reach the High Frontier details the histories of the various space access vehicles developed in the United States since the birth of the space age in 1957. Each case study has been written by a specialist knowledgeable about the vehicle described and places each system in the larger context of the history of spaceflight. The technical challenge of reaching space with chemical rockets, the high costs associated with space launch, the long lead times necessary for scheduling flights, and the poor reliability of the rockets themselves show launch vehicles to be the space program's most difficult challenge.

Published
2002

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