AIAA Commercial Space Group General Meeting #5 Ken Davidian EFP - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Ken Davidian

EFP Program Lead Office of Commercial Space Transportation January 7, 2009

AIAA Commercial Space Group General Meeting #5

Federal Aviation Administration

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AIAA CSG Lead: Ken Davidian

• Education

– BS-AAE at OSU; MS-ME at CWRU; ISU SSP’89

• Work

– 83-96: Liquid Rocket Design/Analysis, NASA LeRC – 97-99: SSP Asst. Director, ISU (on-loan from NASA) – 00-01: Plans & Programs Office, NASA GRC – 01-02: Operations Director, PSDC (CargoLifter) – 02-03: Operations Director, X PRIZE Foundation – 03-04: Program Director, PSDC – 04-08: Centennial Challenges/ESMD, NASA HQ – 08-Present: EFP Program Lead, FAA AST

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Agenda

• AIAA CSG Purpose
• AIAA CSG People
• AIAA CSG Activities Report

– Present: Purpose & Recruitment – Past: CSG NewSpace Tour Report – Future: CSG Commercial Space Tour Preview

• Discussion

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AIAA CSG PURPOSE

• To expose AIAA members and aerospace

professionals to the different aspects, sectors, and people of commercial space, including (but not limited to): – launch vehicles – infrastructure – telecommunications – remote sensing – ground stations – PNT (position, navigation, and timing, aka GPS) – other niche markets (e.g. small satellites, etc.)

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AIAA CSG PEOPLE

• AIAA Liaison: Eleanor Aldrich, AIAA BD
• CSG Lead: Ken Davidian, FAA AST
• CSG Leadership Team

– Karen Barker, DoC OSC – Mike Beavin, DoC OSC – Paul Eckert, Boeing – Alan Ladwig, Consultant – Bruce Pittman, ACES

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AIAA CSG: TWO PRIMARY FUNCTIONS

• 1. Organization of Activities

– SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES: Conference Sessions, Meetings, Site Tours, Communication Tools, Sponsorship

• 2. Discussion of Topics

– Develop Informational Papers on Topics from Multiple Perspectives TOPICS: Pass-Through Indemnification, Effects of ITAR, Definitions, Space Ports, etc. PERSPECTIVES: International, Technical, Business, Legal, Regulatory, Financial, etc.

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AIAA CSG ACTIVITIES - PAST

• AIAA Conference General Meetings (all 2008)

1.Feb: FAA AST Conference in Washington, DC 2.July: AIAA JPC in Hartford, CT 3.Sept: AIAA Space in Pasadena, CA 4.Sept: IAF in Glasgow, Scotland

• NewSpace Tours to Mojave, Calif.

– Tour #1 on November 18, 2008 – Planned to be Quarterly in 2009

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AIAA CSG ACTIVITIES - FUTURE

• AIAA Conference Participation

– 2009 JPC: General Meeting #6 – 2009 Space: 6 Paper/Panel Sessions – 2010 JPC: NewSpace Propulsion Session

• Cape Canaveral Commercial Space Tour

– Tomorrow, Thursday, 8 January 2009 – Supported by Space Florida. Thank You, SF!

• Satellite 2009 Conference Tour of Exhibits

– 24-27 March 2009

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COMMERCIAL SPACE TOUR AGENDA

• 08:00–09:00 – Depart Orlando for Cape Canaveral
• 09:00–09:30 – Meet & Greet at the Resource Center
• 09:30–10:00 – Commercial Launch Zone Briefing
• 10:00–10:15 – Commercial Vertical Launch Complex

Briefing

• 10:15–10:30 – Board Bus for Tour
• 11:00–12:00 – Drive-around tour of LC-36, LC-40, LC-46
• 12:00–13:30 – Lunch at the O&C Building
• 13:30–14:00 – CEV at Operations & Checkout Bldg
• 14:00–15:00 – Space Life Sciences Laboratory
• 15:30–16:30 – Tour of Astrotech
• 16:30–17:30 – Return to Orlando

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AIAA CSG TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

• Definition Topics

– What Is “Commercial Space”? – What Is “NewSpace”?

• Policy/Legal/Regulatory Topics

– Lunar Historical Site Preservation – Lunar Property Rights – Role of Government in Commercial Space – Infrastructure Development – Suggested Policy Changes to Benefit Commercial Space – The Effect of ITAR on Space Commerce

• Business/Finance/Insurance

Topics – The role of Science in Commercial Space – If You Build It, They Will Come – Starting Businesses – Are These NewSpace Businesses – Focus on Earth to Orbit Transportation – Specialty Space Fund – Definition of NewSpace Company – Definition of Commercial Space Capabilities – Pass-Through Indemnification

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Summary and Preview

• After One Year, the AIAA CSG Is Maturing
• Leadership Team Established
• Recruitment of More Contributors In Process
• Primary Products: Activities and Discussions
• For More Information, Contact:

– Ken Davidian, FAA AST Tel: 202-267-7214 Email: ken.davidian@faa.gov Web: commercialspace.pbwiki.com

• Thanks!