Sustainable Space Tourism

Annette Toivonen is a space tourism lecturer at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Finland. Her research interests include space tourism, sustainable development, futures foresight, Arctic tourism and service design.

• PrefaceChapter 1. Introducing Space TourismChapter 2. Background to Sustainability  Chapter 3. Futures ForecastingChapter 4. Planning Sustainable Space TourismChapter 5. Space Tourism and SocietyChapter 6. Economics and Space Legislation  Chapter 7. Visions of Sustainable Space TourismConcluding Words

This timely and comprehensive book takes us on an intriguing journey, successfully capturing the exciting anticipation of space tourism while at the same time highlighting the many potential challenges for the natural, social and political environments likely to be encountered in the harnessing of space travel as the ultimate tourist activity.