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 Commercial Space Transportation Capabilities Commercial Crew Development (phase 1) Commercial Crew Development (phase 2) Commercial Crew integrated Capability (phase 3) (base period milestones) Commercial Crew integrated Capability (phase 4) (optional period milestones) Certification Certification Products Contract (crew) Certification Contract (crew) Services Commercial Resupply Services (cargo) ISS Crew Transportation Services (crew)
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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