Säkerhetshänsyn för en rymdflygning

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Jag vill boka ett flyg till rymden med Virgin Galactic, eller space-x om möjligt.

Vilka hälsoskäl måste de kunna ta ett sådant flyg?

Finns det några ålders- / hälsokrav?

Skulle flygningen vara försäkrad för "misshopp" eller tekniska fel?

    
uppsättning Porkster 25.10.2016 12:46

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Du kan börja packa (och spara). Leonard David, Space.com Space Insider Columnist förklarar allt :

Good news for all you couch potatoes out there: You don't have to be in peak physical condition to make it to space.

The vast majority of people who want to fly to suborbital space and back are medically fit to do so, according to researchers at Virgin Galactic, which is developing the commercial spaceliner SpaceShipTwo.

"We have encountered only one or two [customers] for whom we have recommended that they do not take a flight with us," Virgin Galactic Chief Medical Officer James Vanderploeg said.

"In general, we have found, both through the academic research and by our own analysis, that the vast majority of people — even those with medical problems such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, joint replacements, lung disease and many other conditions — can safely undertake a spaceflight with proper precautions to make sure their medical conditions are well controlled," said Vanderploeg, who is also a professor of aerospace medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

När det gäller flygförsäkring, bortsett från eventuellt informerat samtycke eller upphävande av ansvarsskyldighet som kan krävas av passagerare, är det ett klibbigt problem, som beskrivs i detta NerdWallet artikel av John Kuo

For tourists, space travel represents an exciting and unexplored frontier. For insurers, the prospect of insuring commercial space travel offers great opportunity, but it is also riddled with uncertainty.

Companies such as Space X and Virgin Galactic are taking steps to offer space tourism to the mainstream public. If Space X and Virgin Galactic succeed in providing mainstream commercial space flight, they will need to offer insurance. Insurance helps commercial space flight operators to better manage and assess risk and therefore allow them to grow. However, since commercial space flight is a fledgling industry, insurers will have trouble calculating insurance risks and premiums.

    
svaret ges 25.10.2016 15:38