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... , plus one in the side hatch. All the windows, except for the ones looking back into the payload bay and the side hatch window, have three panes, with a total thickness of ... three panes but the total thickness is only 1.05 inches. The glass in all windows is carefully ground so that one can look out and take pictures with virtually no ... another spacecraft, like the International Space Station (ISS), you can see it quite clearly because there is no atmosphere to interfere. ---- Answer provided by Jon H. Brown Image:K2S logosmall.jpg ...

... we will probably not be able to watch all our favorite TV shows, because there will not be enough TV channels being transmitted to us. The reception for the TV channels we will get, however, will be very good. We can bring along videos and video games, provided that we don't overuse our electricity. And there won't be cable ---- Answer provided ...

... there will definitely be a need for traffic controllers and various air traffic control facilities, just as we have airports, seaports and highway control facilities. And while we hope that there will not be crashes, we will ...

... . There are now several companies that are working hard to make such a trip much more affordable than it is today. By the year 2010, or maybe even sooner, you may be ... and $250,000. The trip to the low Earth orbit will probably be much more expensive for a long time. Although there are many people trying to get the price down below a ... . If they're successful, by 2020 you'll not only be able to fly to space, you'll be able to stay there for a long time. ---- Answer provided by Ben Reytblat Image ...

... JB) There probably will not be a dentist on board in case of emergency, and there can be dental problems in space. On the Soyuz 28 flight in 1978, Yuri Romanenko was reported ... got the tooth fixed quickly once he got back to Earth. If there is a dental problem, however, there is equipment on board to put in a temporary filling, cover a broken ... in dental procedures so that they know how to use the equipment on board. Plus, there is equipment to put in Novocaine or some other anesthesia so this dental work wouldn ...

There will be facilities that you would expect to support spacecraft and space travelers, but there will also be facilities to support ordinary civilian spacefarers. These facilities will include lodging, travel centers and spaceports, recreation facilities, centers ...

There will be many new things to become accustomed to in spaceships, space stations and space hotels, but there will probably be fewer startling movements, unexpected smells, and sudden sounds than on Earth. ---- Answer provided by ...

There are limited medical facilities in space. On some occasions there is an astronaut on board who was a doctor before becoming an astronaut. For the foreseeable future there will not be paramedical staff on ...

Spacesuits will be made to fit all body types. Inside the pressurized space station, spacesuits will merely be worn as a precautionary measure in case of emergencies if life support systems go down, ... lost, or to help with bodily changes that occur in zero-gravity environments. Clothing will have to be roomy to allow for changes to the body in zero-gravity environments. To walk ... radiation and the impact of small space debris. They will also have to be very durable because a tear in the spacesuit could be fatal. ---- Answer provided by Robert T. Bigelow Image:K2S ...

There will definitely be spacewalking available to anyone so interested. Bungee jumping may not occur since it works because of gravity here on Earth. But there is likely to be something equivalent in outer space ...

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