
Title: | Space tourism : the elusive dream / |
Authors: | Erik Cohen, Editor ; Sam Spector, Editor |
Material Type: | eBook |
Publisher: | [S.l.] : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019 |
Series: | Tourism social science series |
ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-1-78973-496-6 |
Size: | 1 online resource (vi, 330 pages) |
Languages: | English |
Class number: | HD9711.75 |
Subjects: | Space industrialization ; Space tourism |
Description: | This is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary work on the emergent phenomenon of space tourism. Leading specialists from a range of fields cover a wide spectrum of topics including the space history and technology underpinning current developments; space tourists' motivations; and the environmental, social, and legal aspects concomitant with a space tourism industry. The book is unique in its focus on virtual forms of space travel, such as those manifesting in virtual reality, films, and games. The volume takes a nuanced and critical approach to the development of aspirations to leave Earth, stressing the far-reaching implications for the environment and for human life and society on Earth. |
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