commercial space commercial space industries launchers cargo vehicles crew vehicles space tourism...
TRANSCRIPT
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Industries
•Launchers•Cargo vehicles•Crew vehicles•Space tourism•Communications and operations satellites•Exploration platforms– ISS, microgravity, etc.
•Asteroid and lunar mining
Commercial Space
• Categories• Funding• Programs• Future Projects
Commercial Space – General Categories
• Commercial crew• Commercial cargo• Sub-orbital
“Tourism”– Space flight
participants
• Asteroid mining
• Satellites• Mars expeditions• Space stations• Space
manufacturing• Micro-gravity
experiments – Research/science
aspects
Commercial Space
NASA Commercial Space Programs
Development•Commercial Cargo Development 2006 - 2011•Commercial Space Transportation Capabilities 2007 - 2010•Commercial Crew Development (phase 1) 2010 - 2011•Commercial Crew Development (phase 2) 2011 - 2012•Commercial Crew integrated Capability (phase 3)
(base period milestones) 2012 - 2014•Commercial Crew integrated Capability (phase 4)
(optional period milestones) 2014 - 2017
Certification•Certification Products Contract (crew) 2012 - 2014•Certification Contract (crew) 2014 - 2017
Services•Commercial Resupply Services (cargo) 2011 - 2016•ISS Crew Transportation Services (crew) 2017 -
Commercial Space
U.S. commercial space launchers
•Delta – light, medium, and heavy •Atlas – medium, heavy•Orbital Sciences
– Ground launch• Taurus• Antares (Zenit)• Minotar
– Solid rocket (Minuteman ICBM core)– Air launch
• Pegasus•ATK - Liberty
Commercial Space
Cargo vehicles (ISS)
•Developed under NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS)
•Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program supports deliveries and deliverables
– SpaceX - Dragon
– Orbital Sciences - Cygnus
Commercial Space
Commercial crew vehicles to support the ISS
Supported under NASA’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program
•SpaceX - Dragon•Boeing - CST-100•Sierra Nevada - Dream Chaser
Commercial Space
SpaceX Dragon
Commercial Space
Boeing CST-100
Commercial Space
Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser
Commercial Space
Orbital Sciences Cygnus
Commercial Space
CCDev
Also covers commercial launchers
•Includes United Launch Alliance (ULA)– Atlas V (Dream Chaser & CST-100)– Delta IV (CST-100)
Commercial Space
Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office (C3PO)
Manages CCDev and COTS-CRS
Space Tourism
Commercial Space – Space Tourism
Suborbital
•Virgin Galactic – SpaceShipTwo• Initial flights planned for 2013
•XCOR – Lynx• Runway launch and landing• Self-contained rocket
Orbital
•Armadillo Aerospace – Hyperion (vertical launch)•Bigelow Aerospace – orbital habitat (inflatable station)
– CST-100 crew capsule
Commercial Space – Suborbital Vehicles
Commercial Space
XCOR Lynx
Commercial Space
SpaceShipTwo
Commercial Space
Bigelow Aerospace orbital habitat
Questions?