title: Sub-orbital commercial human spaceflight and informed consent.
abstract: Commercial spaceflight is expected to rapidly develop in the near future. This will begin with sub-orbital missions and then progress to orbital flights. Technical informed consent of spaceflight participants is required by the commercial spaceflight operator for regulatory purposes. Additionally, though not required by regulation, the aerospace medicine professional involved in the medical screening of both spaceflight participants and crewmembers will be asked to assist operators in obtaining medical informed consent for liability purposes. The various federal and state regulations regarding informed consent for sub-orbital commercial spaceflight are evolving and are unfamiliar to most aerospace medical professionals and are reviewed and discussed.
authors.forename: Maria-Vittoria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Carminati
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D016365:Liability, Legal; D013026:Space Flight / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence