Space tourism : the elusive dream / edited by Erik Cohen and Sam Spector.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Cohen, Erik, editor.
• Spector, Sam, editor.

Series:

• Tourism social science series ; 1571-5043 v. 25.
• Tourism social science series, 1571-5043 ; volume 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Space tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 337 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, [2019]

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive, multi-disciplinary work on the emergent phenomenon of space tourism. It is written by leading specialists and covers a wide spectrum of topics including space history and technology, the environmental, social, and legal aspects of the development of a future space tourism industry, and space tourism marketing.

Contents:

• Front Cover
• SPACE TOURISM: The Elusive Dream
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• Fundamental Questions
• The Birth Pangs of a New Mode of Tourism
• The Distinctive Traits of Space Tourism
• Overview of This Volume
• Part I. Histories
• Chapter 1 Human Aspirations to Expand into Space
• Introduction
• Spaceflight before and after the Space Age
• Progenitors of the Space Age
• Parallel Developments
• The V-2 Rocket and Modern War
• Rationales for Spaceflight
• The Space Policy Debate in the 1950s
• The Space Race
• Sustained Space Exploration?
• The Lure of the Red Planet in the Twenty-first Century
• Conclusion
• Chapter 2 History of Space Tourism
• Terrestrial Space Tourism
• Twentieth-century Space Exploration
• The XPRIZE
• Future History
• Part II. Imaginaries
• Chapter 3 Extraterrestrial Life, Stellar Civilizations, and Aliens
• Extraterrestrial Life
• Stellar Civilizations
• Aliens on the Earth
• Chapter 4 Space Tourism in Contemporary Cinema and Video Games
• Humanity's Space Future in Films and Games
• Space Travel Films
• Video Games and Interactive Media
• Chapter 5 Virtual Reality and Space Tourism
• Virtual Reality Experiences of Space Tourism
• Staging Tourist Sites
• Virtual Reality Futures of Space Travel
• Part III. Advances
• Chapter 6 Exploring Motivations of Potential Space Tourists
• Motivations for Space Tourism
• Study Methodology
• Study Findings
• Thrill-seeking, Excitement, and Risk
• Freedom and Escapism
• Novelty
• Curiosity
• Challenging Oneself
• Spirituality
• Nostalgia
• Distinction
• Pro-social Motivations
• Chapter 7 Current Space Tourism Developments
• Current Space Tourism Development.
• Suborbital Developments
• Low Earth Orbit Developments
• Lunar Developments
• Infrastructure Developments
• Geostationary Orbital Possibilities
• Chapter 8 The Regulation of Space Tourism
• The Legal Framework for Space Tourism
• Regulating Suborbital Space
• Space Law versus Air Law
• Outer Space versus Airspace
• The US Domestic Approach
• A European Approach
• Part IV. Implications
• Chapter 9 Social Relations, Space Travel, and the Body of the Astronaut
• Power, Risk, and the Body of the Astronaut
• Space Medicine
• Capital, Labor, Outer Space Crises, and Rationalization
• Toward a Conceptualization
• Lefebvre, Rhythmanalysis, and Outer Space
• Hazards of Long-distance Missions
• Rhythms, Managers, and Astronauts' Bodies
• Conflicting Rhythms
• Appropriated Time: Missions Control
• Astronauts on Strike
• Returning to the Earth
• Chapter 10 Space Tourism, Capital, and Identity
• A Sociology of Space Tourism
• Circuits of the Earth and Capital
• Space Tourism and Identity
• Tourism and Conspicuous Consumption
• Tourism and Self-identity in Late Modernity
• Tourism, Capital(s) and Class Distinction
• Representations
• Space Tourists as Pilgrims
• The Overview Effect
• Journeys into Outer and Inner Space
• The Public and Space Tourism
• Chapter 11 Space Tourism, the Anthropocene, and Sustainability
• Sustainability and the Anthropocene in Newspace
• The Anthropocene
• The Anthropocene, the Capitalocene, and Outer Space
• Sustainability in NewSpace
• Globalization and Its Discontents
• Cosmic Imaginaries
• Aspirations and Achievements
• The Space Tourist's Experience
• Implications
• Space Tourism: Human Expansion into the Universe.
• The (Un)Anticipated Futures of Space Tourism
• References
• VR Space Tours
• Filmography
• Ludography
• About the Contributors
• Index.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Print version record.

ISBN:

• 9781789734973
• 1789734975
• 9781789734959
• 1789734959