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Commercial Space TransportationResearch and Development Program
COMSTAC RLV Working Group
Chuck Larsen
October 10, 2007
Federal AviationAdministration
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FAA Commercial Space Transportation R&D Program
• Background• What Is the FAA/AST R&D Program? • How Has It Been Working?• What Difference Does It make?• Future Developments of AST’s R&D Program and Policy
Implications• How Do I Get Onboard?
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Background
• Authority• 49 U. S. C. Subtitle IX, Chapter 701 – Commercial Space
Activities• Need for an FAA/AST R&D Program• Plans and Activities to Fill the Need
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What Is the FAA/AST R&D Program?
• Charter• Consistent with AST leadership in regulatory activity,
developing a safe, efficient U. S. Commercial Space Transportation industry.
• Institutionalizes AST R&D Advisory Board, and AST R&D Senior Steering Committee (SSC) to manage the process.
• Annually, the Advisory Board identifies, evaluates and recommends a prioritized list of R&D Projects to the SSC for its consideration and portfolio selection.
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What Is the FAA/AST R&D Program?
• AST Research and Development Plan• Establishes a process to receive, evaluate and prioritize
candidate research projects to meet FAA/AST increased safety & greater capacity goals.
• Provide management time frames for decisions that correspond with the FAA budget process.
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What Is the FAA/AST R&D Program?
• AST R&D Plan Overview• Establishes Purpose, Scope and Objectives• Defines Research in the AST Mission Context• Aligns R&D Planning with Budget Process• Establishes a Requirements Process • Defines Research Project Schedule• Allows for Unbudgeted Research Requirements• Provides for periodic review of R&D progress and a way to
recommend and approve changes, as needed
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How Has It Been Working?
• The AST R&D Plan Has Provided 3 – 5 Research Projects Per Year That Have Supported The FAA Flight Plan Goals of:
• Increased Safety• Greater Capacity
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How Has It Been Working?
• AST R&D Activities FY 2007• AST R&D Advisory Board
- Met monthly to implement its responsibilities
• Held meetings to review changes to FY07 Projects and recommended approval to AST R&D SSC
• Met weekly to review R&D Projects for FY08
• AST R&D Senior Steering Committee (SSC)
- Met quarterly to review progress on FY07 R&D Projects
- Met 6/07, 9/07 to review recommended FY08 R&D Projects
- Selected 3 AST R&D Projects for FY08
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What Difference Does It Make?
• AST R&D FY07 Projects
• Historical Database of Failures and Reliability of Rocket-powered Vehicles
• Human Space Flight Training Preparation Survey• Safety Operations Personnel Duty and Rest Analysis
• AST R&D FY08 Projects
• Informed Consent for the Personal Space Flight Industry• Low Cost, Field Portable, High Altitude Wind Profiler• Temporal Winds Database Feasibility Study
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Future Developments of AST’s R&D Program and Policy Implications
• Involvement with Other Government Agency R&D Programs• Further Development of Human Space Flight Regulations• Increasing the Importance and Utility of the Commercial Space
Transportation Industry
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How Do I Get Onboard?
• Contact AST Through our R&D Website:• http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/
about/research_development/• Participate on one of Our Commercial Space Transportation
Advisory Committee Working Groups• Reusable Launch Vehicle Working Group• Launch Operation Support Working Group
• AST Call for FY09 R&D Projects Sent to COMSTAC 9/07• Prioritized List of Candidate Research Projects Due to AST by
January 15, 2008