Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration COMSTAC RLV Working Group May 20, 2009

Federal Aviation Administration May 20, 2009 RLV Working Group Discussion 2 Agenda Welcome / Introductions Chairmanship of RLV Working Group Bretton Alexander, Chairman, RLV WG Discussion of RLV Task Force on Training Report Bretton Alexander, Chairman, RLV WG Presentation on the IAF Commercial Spaceflight Safety Committee John Sloan and Brooke Owens, FAA/AST Establishing Priorities for the RLV Working Group Bretton Alexander, Chairman, RLV WG Other Business

Federal Aviation Administration May 20, 2009 RLV Working Group Discussion Chairmanship of RLV WG Previous Chair – George Whitesides –Now Senior Advisor to the NASA Administrator New Chair – Bretton Alexander –President, Personal Spaceflight Federation –Was Deputy Chair from October 2008 New Deputy Chair – Jeff Greason –President, XCOR Aerospace

Federal Aviation Administration May 20, 2009 RLV Working Group Discussion RLV Task Force on Training Draft Report Comprehensive study of potential spaceflight training approaches and structures: –Commercial space operations jobs that may require training standards –Training standards: approach and recommendation –Implementation recommendations Draft report submitted by Task Force to RLV WG in November 2008 Draft report provided to COMSTAC members for comment in April

Federal Aviation Administration May 20, 2009 RLV Working Group Discussion Next Steps Discussion of Draft Report at RLV WG Review of issues raised by COMSTAC members Discussion of possible next steps 5

Federal Aviation Administration May 20, 2009 RLV Working Group Discussion IAF Commercial Spaceflight Safety Committee Presentation by: John Sloan and Brooke Owens FAA/AST

Federal Aviation Administration May 20, 2009 RLV Working Group Discussion Establishing Priorities for the RLV WG Develop top 2-3 priorities for RLV Working Group Recommend that FAA/AST pursue same priorities Develop priorities by next RLV WG meeting in October 2009 –Forward to full COMSTAC at Oct 2009 meeting –COMSTAC then recommend priorities to DOT/FAA

Federal Aviation Administration May 20, 2009 RLV Working Group Discussion Other Business FAA/AST seeking RLV WG opinion on whether a voluntary public lessons learned database is of interest to the industry Other topics??

Federal Aviation Administration May 20, 2009 RLV Working Group Discussion Contact Bretton Alexander, Chair President, Personal Spaceflight Federation 1725 I Street, NW Washington, DC cell Jeff Greason, Deputy Chair President, XCOR Aerospace PO Box 1163 Mojave, CA