Sustainable Space Tourism: An IntroductionChannel View Publications, 2020 M11 11 - 184 páginas This book explores the relationship between space tourism and the discourse in sustainability and futures research. It offers comprehensive information on the current understanding of the space tourism industry and assesses the possible impacts of space tourism on the environment, economics, legislation and society. The volume aims to encourage more dialogue and critical examinations of aspects of space tourism related to future sustainability. From data gathered from empirical research, it provides a vision for the future of sustainable space tourism. It will be of interest to students and researchers in tourism, sustainability and futures studies, as well as individual space tourist ‘hopefuls’, space tourism industry operators and tourism policy regulators. |
Contenido
Boxes | |
4 Reasons Why Crewed Space Flights Have Been Riskier than | |
Background to Sustainability | |
2 The Role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | |
Futures Forecasting | |
1 The Life Cycle of Weak Signals | |
2 Perspectives that Support Space Colonisation | |
Space Tourism and Society | |
Economics and Space Legislation | |
1 Analysis of Virgin Galactic Shares | |
5 UK Space Industry Act 2018 | |
Visions of Sustainable Space Tourism | |
Concluding Words | |
References | |