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

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