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    • The Philosophy of Space Future
      • $pace: The Final Financial Frontier
      • A Code of Ethics and Standards for Lunar Development and Outer-Space Commerce
      • A Code of Ethics for Off-Earth Commerce
      • Artificial Gravity and the Architecture of Orbital Habitats
      • Artificial-Gravity Swimming-Pool
      • Considerations Towards the Legal Framework of Space Tourism
      • Decision Points
      • Design and Construction of Zero-Gravity Gymnasium
      • Elements for a Sustainable Lunar Colony in the South Polar Region
      • Equatorial Low Earth Orbit, an ideal orbit for In-Space Construction
      • Feasibility of Commercial Resort Hotels in Low Earth Orbit
      • From Earth to Mars: A Cooperative Plan
      • GEODE - Commercial Space Production Facility
      • How the 21st-Century Society Can Sustain the Implementation of the Space Option
      • Human factors and Health in Space Tourism
      • Implications of a Proposal for Real Property Rights in Outer Space
      • Implications of Reduced Launch Costs for Commercial Space Law
      • Inhabiting Artificial Gravity
      • Legal and Regulatory Issues for Passenger Space Travel
      • Legal Considerations for Traffic Systems in Near-Earth Space
      • Lunar Ethics and Space Commercialization
      • Lunar Real Estate: Buyer, Beware!
      • Mex-LunarHab (MLH) - A Mexican Space Habitat Settlement on the Moon
      • Mining Economics and Risk-Control in the Development of Near-Earth-Asteroid Resources
      • New Credit Tools and Tax Concepts for the Opening of the Space Frontier
      • On the Practical and Sporting Aspects of Football in Zero-Gravity
      • Orion's Laser: Hunting Space Debris
      • Potential Markets Through 2020
      • Project and Test Engineering Methodology
      • Proposal for a Multilateral Treaty Regarding Jurisdiction and Real Property Rights in Outer Space
      • Real Property Rights in Outer Space
      • Security Implications of Non-Terrestrial Resource Exploitation
      • Some Aspects of Space Navigation Law
      • Space Debris and Its Mitigation
      • Space Elevators, Space Hotels and Space Tourism
      • The Architecture of Artificial Gravity: Theory, Form, and Function in the High Frontier
      • The Copernican Evidence - Requirements for a Space Age Philosophy
      • The Deimos Water Company
      • The Ethical Commercialization of Outer Space
      • The Legal Regime for Private Activities in Outer Space
      • The Obstacles to Financing New Space Industries
      • The Prospects for Space Commerce in the Aftermath of 9-11
      • The Regulatory Reform Agenda for the Era of Passenger Space Transportation
      • The Space Plane and International Space Law
      • The Space Settlement Initiative
      • The Status of Astronauts Towards The Second Generation of Space Law
      • The Technical and Economic Feasibility of Mining the Near-Earth Asteroids
      • Tourism in Low Earth Orbit: The Trigger for Commercial Lunar Development?
      • Towards Traffic Control Systems for Near-Earth Space
      • Why Implementing the Space Option Is Necessary for Society
      • Zero-Gravity Sports Centers
      • Civil Engineering's New Frontier
      • A Few Things You Occasionally Wanted To Know About Wireless Power Transmission
      • A Fresh Look at Space Solar Power: New Architectures, Concepts and Technologies
      • An Approach to Develop Space Solar Power as a New Energy System for Developinging Countries
      • An Equatorial SPS Pilot Plant
      • An evolutionary satellite power system for International demonstration in developing nations
      • Beam It Down: How the New Satellites Can Power the World
      • Benefits of International Cooperation in a Low Equatorial Orbit SPS Pilot Plant Demonstrator Project
      • Conceptual Study of A Solar Power Satellite, SPS 2000
      • Design Considerations for the
      • Development of a Functional System Model of the Solar Power Satellite, SPS2000
      • Early Commercial Demonstration of Space Solar Power Using Ultra-Lightweight Arrays
      • Equatorial Cooperation for SPS 2000 Rectennas
      • Evaluation and Comparison of Space Solar Power Concepts
      • Future Demand for Microwave Power from Space in China and Indonesia
      • Global Cooperation for an Equatorial SPS Pilot Plant
      • Japan - The 21st Century's Global Energy Supplier?
      • Japanese perspective on power from space for earth
      • Low Mass Solar Power Satellites Built From Terrestrial or Lunar Materials
      • Power From Space for the Next Century
      • Public Attitudes towards Space Solar Power
      • Solar Power Satellites: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
      • SPS 2000 : A Commercial Test-bed for Electric Utilities
      • SPS 2000 and its Internationalisation
      • Synergies Between Solar Power Supply from Space and Passenger Space Travel
      • The Benefits of Electricity from Space for Rapidly Advancing Countries
      • The Moon as a Solar Power Satellite
      • The Promise of Electricity from Space for World Economic Development
      • The Promise of Reusable Launch Vehicles for SPS
      • An evaluation of the potential demand for Space Tourism within the United Kingdom
        • Appendix A - Space Tourism Survey
        • Appendix B - Space Tourism Survey Results
      • Benefits of Commercial Passenger Space Travel for Society
      • Business Development for Space Tourism
      • Commercial Implications of Market Research on Space Tourism
      • Creation of an Accredited Passenger Regulatory Category for Space Tourism Services
      • Demand for Space Tourism in America and Japan
      • Developing Viable Financing Models for Space Tourism
      • Dreams - About Space
      • Economic Benefits of Space Tourism to Europe
      • Evolution of the Modern Cruise Trade and its Application to Space Tourism
      • Feasibility of Space Tourism
      • Flight Mechanics of Manned Sub-Orbital Reusable Launch Vehicles with Recommendations for Launch and Recovery
      • Funding the Development of a Space Tourism Industry
      • General Public Space Travel and Tourism
      • General Public Space Travel and Tourism Volume 2 - Workshop Proceedings
      • Growing Popular Interest in Space Tourism: Challenge and Opportunity for Space Agencies
      • Hearing on Space Tourism: Testimony by Buzz Aldrin
      • Hearing on Space Tourism: Testimony by Dennis Tito
      • Hearing on Space Tourism: Testimony by Edward Hudgins
      • Hotels in Space
      • How Soon Will it Happen?
      • Interests of Japanese Airlines in Space
      • Investigation on the Economic and Technological Feasibility of Commercial Passenger Transportation into Low Earth Orbit
      • Its Importance, Its History, and a Recent Extraordinary Development
      • JRS Research Activities for Space Tourism
      • Meeting the Needs of the New Millennium: Passenger Space Travel and World Economic Growth
      • On JRS Space Tourism Study Program
      • Orbital Sports Stadium
      • Potential Economic Implications of the Development of Space Tourism
      • Practical Tourism in Space
      • Progress Towards Space Tourism in Japan
      • Prospects of Space Tourism
      • Public Choice Economics and Space Policy: Realising Space Tourism
      • Public Space Markets - What We Know And What We Don't Know
      • Report of Working Group No. 4 of the AIAA-CEAS-CASI Workshop on International Cooperation in Space
      • Researching the Space Tourism Market
      • RLV Design Optimization for Human Presence in Space
      • Services Expected for the First Phase of Space Tourism
      • Some Views on Space Tourism from the United States
      • Space Activities and Global Popular Music Culture
      • Space Activities, Space Tourism and Economic Growth
      • Space Flight Certification Requirements for Civilian Passengers
      • Space Hotels: The Cruise Ship Analogy
      • Space Policy, Space Tourism and Economic Policy
      • Space Tourism After Dennis Tito
      • Space Tourism and its Effects on Space Commercialization
      • Space Tourism and RLVs: You Can't Have One Without the Other!
      • Space Tourism and Space Medicine
      • Space Tourism and Transportation
      • Space Tourism Market Demand and the Transportation Infrastructure
      • Space Tourism: A Flight of Fantasy or the Next Major Space Product?
      • Space Tourism: Exploring a New Industry
      • Space Tourism: Recent Progress and Future Prospects
      • Space Tourism: Spaceflight for the General Public
      • Space Travel and Tourism: A Response to Continuing Decay in US Civil Space Financial Support
      • Space: The New Tourism Market
      • The ASCENT Study - Understanding the Market Environment for the Follow-on to the Space Shuttle
      • The Business of Space Tourism
      • The Coming Space Industry Revolution and its Potential Global Impact
      • The Cost of Capital for Space Tourism Ventures
      • The Cost to Taxpayers of Governments' Anti-Space Tourism Policy and Prospects for Improvement
      • The Cultural Effect of Space Tourism on the Space Industry and Society
      • The Door into the Space Age
      • The Economic Benefits of Space Tourism
      • The Future of Commercial Airlines
      • The Future of Lunar Tourism
      • The Future of Space Tourism
      • the Growing Consensus
      • The Japanese Rocket Society's Space Tourism Research
      • The JRS Space Tourism Study Program Phase 2
      • The Pleasure of Spaceflight
      • The Potential Importance of Passenger Space Travel Services
      • The Prospects for Passenger Space Travel
      • The Prospects for Space Tourism
      • The Space Tourism Industry in 2030
      • The Space Tourist
      • The Surprising New Industry
      • The Symbiotic Relationship between Astronaut Program and Space Tourism Development - A Third World Perspective
      • Towards Commercial Space Travel
      • Towards Space Tourism: The Challenge for British Space Policy
      • What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
      • Why It Is Important To See A Potentially Large Space Travel And Tourism Business Created In The United States
      • A Celestial Body is a Celestial Body is a Celestial Body...
      • A Common Cost Target of Space Transportation for Space Tourism and Space Energy Development
      • A Cost Engineered Launch Vehicle for Space Tourism
      • A Draft of Safety Standard for Designing Space Tour Vehicles
      • A Single-Stage-to-Orbit Thought Experiment
      • Access to Space: SSX
      • An Alternative Strategy Process for Planning Government Space Programs
      • ASCENT Study Final Report - Executive Summary
      • Barriers to Space Enterprise
      • Beta, A Single Stage Reusable Ballistic Space Shuttle Concept
      • Changing the TransHab: An Orbiting Space Hotel
      • Collaboration with Aviation - The Key to Commercialisation of Space Activities
      • Comments on Certification Standards for New Reusable Launch Vehicles
      • Concept of Operations in the National Airspace System in 2005
      • Design of a Transportation System for Space Tourism
      • Design Study on Propulsion Systems for Space Tourist Carrier Vehicle
      • Designing Reusable Launch Vehicles for Future Space Markets
      • Designing User-Friendly Civilian Spacecraft
      • Economically Viable Public Space Travel
      • European launch vehicle development: a commercial approach
      • Flight Demonstration and a Concept for Readiness of Fully Reusable Rocket Vehicles
      • Getting to Low Earth Orbit
      • Hearing on Space Launch Initiative: Testimony by Steven Höeser
      • Hearing on Space Launch Initiative: Testimony by Tom Rogers
      • Historical Analogies Potentially Applicable To The Commercialization Of Space Activities
      • History of the Phoenix VTOL SSTO and Recent Developments in Single-Stage Launch Systems
      • How Much New Technology is Required for Future Reusable Launch Systems?
      • Humanity's Future in Space
      • Japanese Rocket Society's Rocket Symposia 1995-2001
      • Kankoh Maru Flight Manual
      • Lessons of ASCENT - Messages for Industry, the Federal Government and Spaceport Authorities
      • Liquid Hydrogen Industry: A Key for Space Tourism
      • Near-Term Prospects For Space Tourism
      • New Commercial Opportunities in Space
      • Orbital Considerations in Kankoh-Maru Rendezvous Operations
      • Orbital Considerations in Kankoh-Maru Return Flight Operations
      • Phoenix M: A Small SSTO Launch Vehicle for Commercial Space Transport Missions
      • Pilot Procedures for Kankoh-Maru Operations
      • Prospects for Inexpensive Space Transportation
      • Reusable Space Transportation - The Key Infrastructure Element In Opening the Space Frontier To the Public
      • Single Stage to Orbit Vertical Takeoff and Landing Concept Technology Challenges
      • Space Tourism for Europe: A Case Study
      • Status Report on Space Tour Vehicle
        • Applicability of air-worthiness to space tour vehicles (Table 1)
      • Study on Airport Services for Space Tourism
      • System Requirements for Commercial Passenger Travel to LEO
      • The
      • The Business of Commercializing Space
      • The Cost to Taxpayers of Governments' Anti-Space Tourism Policy and Prospects for Improvement
      • The First 100 Years of Public Space Travel
      • The Imminent Space Revolution - How the UK Can Take the Lead
      • The Key to Low Cost Access to Space
      • The Regulation of Commercial Space Activities by the Non-Governmental Entities in Space Law
      • The ROTON Concept and its Unique Operations
      • The SSX Concept
      • Throttling Dynamic Response of LH2 Rocket Engine for Vertical Landing Rocket Vehicle
      • Vehicle Design for Space Tourism
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