Abstract
Abstract This article is about perceived safety and its impact on liability and insurance. In the framework of private commercial human spaceflights, spaceflight participants (SFPs) are required to sign an informed consent to fly. Operators have to inform SFPs both orally and in writing comprehensively on the risks of spaceflight, so that the latter assume the risk of flying and the former are exonerated from potential liability. Behavioral science has proven that people's risk perception depends on various factors. Considering these factors when providing information to SFPs can facilitate their acceptance of the risk. The article consists of two parts. First, it explains the factors that influence risk perception and suggests methods to reduce the perceived risk of SFPs. Potential SFPs will find spaceflight less risky if they associate flying with vivid positive images and feelings; consider spaceflight as a pioneering activity with significant benefits for society and themselves; are convinced that the...
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