Representation of space tourism in literature

Diplomsko delo je sestavljeno iz dveh delov. Prvi del obsega teorijo obravnavane teme, v drugem pa je opisana naša raziskava. V teoretičnem delu smo opisali vesoljski turizem in njegovo zgodovino ter podjetja, ki razvijajo tehnologijo, s katero bodo postali ponudniki storitev na področju vesoljskega turizma. V raziskovalnem delu smo predstavili, kako je vesoljski turizem reprezentiran v literaturi, pomen dostopnosti virov o vesoljskem turizmu v slovenskem jeziku, saj angleščina kot svetovni jezik znanosti lahko izrine in počasi dejansko na nekaterih področjih že izrinja slovenščino, kar lahko po zelo črnem scenariju vodi do izumrtja jezika. Prav tako analiziramo izbrano knjigo, s katero smo podrobno predstavili vesoljski turizem od priprav na potovanje, vzleta, možnih destinacij za potovanje pa do zdravstvenih problemov, ki jih povzroča mikrogravitacija, vrnitve domov in readaptacije ter dodatno analiziramo reprezentacijo vesoljskega turizma v medijskih člankih, s katero smo ugotovili, kako je vesoljski turizem predstavljen laični javnosti. Z izdelavo diplomskega dela smo ugotovili, da je vesoljski turizem katerakoli komercialna dejavnost, povezana z vesoljem. Odkrili smo, da je bilo skoraj vse, kar je danes znanega o vesoljskem turizmu v literaturi, prvotno zapisano v angleškem jeziku ter da literature na to temo v slovenščini skorajda ni. Poleg tega pa smo ugotovili tudi to, da je izjemno pomembno, da so nam znanstvena spoznanja dostopna v maternem jeziku in k temu vsaj malo prispeva tudi naše diplomsko delo.The diploma thesis is composed of two parts. The first part covers the theory of the discussed subject and the second part presents our research. In the theoretical part we described space tourism, its history and companies that are developing technology that will make them providers of space tourism services. Our research part covers representation of space tourism in literature, the significance of the accessibility of sources about space tourism in the Slovenian language since English as the world\u27s language of science is already prevailing the scientific areas, which can according to a very dark scenario lead to the extinction of the Slovenian language. Further on, we present the analysis of the chosen book, which introduces space tourism from the preparation for the trip, the take off, possible final destinations, some of the medical problems that are caused by microgravity, returning home and readaptationWe also carried out an additional analysis of representation of space tourism in the media articles that showed us how space tourism is introduced to the non-scientific public. By making the diploma thesis we found out that space tourism is any commercial activity related to space. We discovered that almost anything that is known about space tourism today, was originally written in English and that literature in the Slovenian language on space tourism is scarce. Additionally, we also discovered that it is extremely important that scientific kowledge should be available in the mother tongue