24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-1.11.3

SUITABILITY OF FUTURE TRANS-ATMOSPHERIC VEHICLES FOR MASS SPACE TOURISM FLIGHTS

R. A. Goehlich
Keio University, Department of System Design Engineering, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan

Keywords: space tourism, suborbital flight, trans-atmospheric vehicle

Operating future trans-atmospheric vehicles might be a first step to realize mass space tourism. Thus, the aim of this paper is to investigate in potential hurdles and other aspects of importance to space tourism flights by using trans-atmospheric vehicles.

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