Space Tourism: Suborbital Flights - Commercial Flights - Spaceports

Since the launch of Sputnik, the concept of space travel has been expanding exponentially. While the various space agencies have been conducting various space missions, the concept of commercial spaceflights have started to become popular with the entry of powerful players such as SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. Now there is a sector called space tourism where people pay for a suborbital flight or even a flight to Moon and Mars in the future. This book first examines suborbital flight and then focuses on spaceports which are fundamental for any space tourism activity.