Overview
- Provides up-to-date information on the status of various spaceports or spaceports in development globally
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Space Development (BRIEFSSPACE)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This brief presents a concise description of the existing spaceport market, the technologies being tested and developed at them, and the private companies that are making them possible. While NASA has its own plan for the future of space exploration, one that includes a new shuttle, an interplanetary spacecraft, and astronauts going to Mars, many people believe that the real future of space exploration is currently centered around dozens of commercial spaceports, financed by entrepreneurs inspired not only by profit but by the dream of creating a new space age, one not limited by bureaucracies or by budget allocations.
Commercial spaceports in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia and Alaska, as well as in countries like Curaçao and Sweden, are becoming home to dozens of private aerospace companies and provide a place where cutting-edge technology can be developed, tested and launched into space. Based on original interviews with principles at the various companiesinvolved and on-site observations at the Mojave Air and Space Port, the author traces the early days of the spaceport movement and outlines what lies ahead.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Seedhouse is a research scientist specializing in environmental life sciences and physiology, the subject in which he obtained his Ph.D. while working for the European Space Agency between 1996 and 1998. In 2009, he was one of the final candidates for selection as an astronaut in the CSA’s Astronaut Recruitment Campaign. He is a certified commercial suborbital astronaut who will fly a payload mission in 2015/2016. Between 2008-2013 he was Director of Canada's Manned Centrifuge and Hypobaric Chamber Operations. He is also the Training Director for Astronauts for Hire. He works as manned spaceflight consultant, triathlon coach, author and public speaker.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spaceports Around the World, A Global Growth Industry
Authors: Erik Seedhouse
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Space Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46846-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Erik Seedhouse 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46845-7Published: 06 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46846-4Published: 31 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-8171
Series E-ISSN: 2191-818X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 130
Number of Illustrations: 69 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Tourism Management, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)