> 1. Space Tourism Research (CRAIG KAUFMAN)
> 2. Corrections to Minutes of ERPS #268 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> 3. Re: Space Tourism Research ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:57:16 -0700 (PDT)
> From: CRAIG KAUFMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [ERPS] Space Tourism Research
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I am a 22-year-old undergraduate student undertaking a
> dissertation for a degree in Tourism Management &
> Human Geography at the University of Gloucestershire,
> England, U.K. I am in my final year and have just
> returned from a placement in Kakadu National Park,
> Australia. I now have to complete a double
> dissertation module. While most students are compiling
> boring tourism dissertations, I want to study
> something that really interests me, space tourism!
> I have received advice from a number of sources, most
> notably: Space Adventures, John Brodie-Good of
> Wildwings, The Zero Gravity Experience, Zegrahm Space
> Society, Space Transportation Association, Inter
> orbital Systems, Space Future.com, David Ashford,
> Patrick Collins, Dr David Livingstone & NASA to name a
> few.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Craig Kaufman.
>
Craig: Another form of Adventure Tourism envolves rides and flight
training in (civilian-owned) military aircraft. A good starting point
in the UK is _Fly_Past_ magazine, one of the best international
journals on this subject.
The reason this is significant is that the first suborbital "tourism"
operations will be structured very much the same way. The "Fly a MiG"
operations in Russia are very similar since a new "student" requires
quite a bit of instruction on basic life support as well as aircraft
systems.
Some data points are various "Top Gun For a Day" 'Training' operations:
about $350 dollars per hour to play "fighter pilot" -- real airplanes,
fake bullets.
Burt Rutan has mentioned this sort of "suborbital flight training" in
his presentations. "*Pilots* will be the first space tourists."
Another good reason for the Flight Training business models is
government regulation. Flight training can legally be done in
experimental aircraft. On the other hand, charter passenger flights
are very highly regulated. The serious piloted spacecraft builders
such as Rutan ("Space Ship One"), XCOR ("Xerus"), and others have
been very careful to follow the experimental aircraft rules for flight
testing.
Contact me off list for further discussions at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; we
can exchange phone numbers offline if appropriate. I am an active
private pilot, EAA member, and flying club officer for about 30 years.
No, I have not built any aircraft, YET!
Sincerely, Douglas Drummond.
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