The legal status of space tourists in the framework of commercial suborbital fligths

"This study concerns the rights and duties of space tourists in suborbital flights. The author analyses issues relating to the applicable legal regime to such flights, air law or space law, the legal classification of space tourists as astronauts, problems of international criminal law, questions of jurisdiction and choice-of-laws, as well as issues of contractual and extra-contractual claims in case of an accident. The analysis is made de lege lata and de lege ferenda by examining the pertinent international conventions of air and space law, instruments of EU law, and domestic legislation in the US, Europe and the Russian Federation. A concise book for everyone interested in the legal challenges of suborbital space tourism. Schriften zum Luft- und Weltraumrecht (SLW) - Studies in Air and Pace law - Etudes de Droit Aérien et Spatial: Volume 29