One day more of us may be able to travel further into space, and for longer.
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NASA is backing four commercial space station projects. The newcomers may find they have much to learn about how people really live in space.
Many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs cooperate closely behind the scenes.
Later this year I will spend time with former NASA astronaut instructors, before receiving high-G training, crew resource management training and spacesuit training, among other skills.
Several spaceflights scheduled over the next few years will take non-astronauts to space. But it’s not certain this privilege will ever extend to anyone beyond the extremely wealthy.
Humans have been living on the International Space Station for two full decades. So what comes next for this ailing technology, and what does it mean for future International ventures in space?
When it comes to commercial space tourism, suborbital flight are the first frontier. But what are the risks? Are there health requirements? What should you know before taking such a way-out trip?
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Associate Professor - Physics, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor of Spaceflight Operations, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Lecturer in Media and Cultural Politics, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality, UCL
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Aerospace Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Centre for Space Governance; Associate Expert, National Security College, Australian National University
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Dean of Social Sciences, Professor of Religion and Science and Technology Studies, Wesleyan University
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Director of the Space Economy Evolution Lab, Bocconi University
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Hospitality and Technology Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic
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Professor of History, Miami University