UnknownCohen, Erik
Emerald Group Publishing Limited (Bingley, UK, 2019) (eng) English9781789734959Tourism social science seriesUnknownTRANSPORTATION--AUTOMOTIVE--GENERAL; Includes bibliographical references and index; Emerald Business Management and Economics Ebooks 2019; There is an unbridged gap between human aspirations to travel into space and the barriers to realizing such dreams. Despite optimistic predictions, a viable space tourism industry has yet to emerge, with only a handful of 'millionaire' space tourists having experienced travel in outer space. Space tourism remains an elusive dream. 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. The book is written in an approachable manner, making it accessible to both academics and the interested general reader. Owing to its interdisciplinary character, it should be of interest to practitioners and teachers across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
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Summary / review / table of contents
Prelims
Introduction The Dawn of a New Era?
Part I Histories
Chapter 1 Human Aspirations to Expand into Space A Historical Review
Chapter 2 History of Space Tourism
Part II Imaginaries
Chapter 3 Extraterrestrial Life, Stellar Civilizations, and Aliens
Chapter 4 Space Tourism in Contemporary Cinema and Video Games
Chapter 5 Virtual Reality and Space Tourism
Part III Advances
Chapter 6 Exploring Motivations of Potential Space Tourists
Chapter 7 Current Space Tourism Developments
Chapter 8 The Regulation of Space Tourism
Part IV Implications
Chapter 9 Social Relations, Space Travel, and the Body of the Astronaut
Chapter 10 Space Tourism, Capital, and Identity
Chapter 11 Space Tourism, the Anthropocene, and Sustainability
Conclusion Space Travel: The Perilous Promise
References
About the Contributors
Index