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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An enthusiastic guide for your first trip
This book is for everyone who wants to be like Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth but doesn't have the millions to spend yet. Because this book tells what it must have felt like for them to be genuine space tourists, and at the same time gives all potential space tourists good hopes for regular affordable trips to space in the near future. It is enthusiastically written,...
Published on May 17, 2005 by Ron Noteborn
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From 2005 (Or, "Forget it, Yuri. It's Chinatown.")
This is a cool book, but it mentions SpaceShip One as an upcoming event. A lot has changed and clarified since then. Good basic information about any theoretical processing of space tourists up to launch, which will likely remain unchanged for the time being--and therefore recommended with one caveat: There is no discussion of the moral values (or possible lack thereof)...
Published 10 months ago by Christopher B. Shay
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An enthusiastic guide for your first trip,
By Ron Noteborn (Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Space Tourism: Adventures in Earth Orbit and Beyond (Hardcover)
This book is for everyone who wants to be like Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth but doesn't have the millions to spend yet. Because this book tells what it must have felt like for them to be genuine space tourists, and at the same time gives all potential space tourists good hopes for regular affordable trips to space in the near future. It is enthusiastically written, with lots of details about what each space tourist should know and be prepared for, with the occassional twink of the eye, or a critical look where that is needed.
3.0 out of 5 stars
From 2005 (Or, "Forget it, Yuri. It's Chinatown."),
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This review is from: Space Tourism: Adventures in Earth Orbit and Beyond (Hardcover)
This is a cool book, but it mentions SpaceShip One as an upcoming event. A lot has changed and clarified since then. Good basic information about any theoretical processing of space tourists up to launch, which will likely remain unchanged for the time being--and therefore recommended with one caveat: There is no discussion of the moral values (or possible lack thereof) implicit in a space vacation. (The reason I mention this is that the moment the first space tourist does take off, someone, somewhere, is going to point to a heroic teacher being paid minimum wage, and also to a starving child, and also to a homeless campground within sight of the launch contrail, etc. And rightly so.)
OTOH, why should a book like this bother with issues like that? Hell, it's all going to happen here in Florida anyway. |
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Space Tourism: Adventures in Earth Orbit and Beyond by Michael Van Pelt (Hardcover - March 9, 2005)
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