Sub-orbital commercial human spaceflight and informed consent

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-146

  Carminati, Maria Vittoria ^a   Griffith, Doug ^a   Campbell, Mark R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial spaceflight operators; Legal issues; Liability; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT;

COMMERCE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 79951905709     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2846.2011     Document Type: Review

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