1. Private Industry Enters Space

2. Warm-Up Questions CPS Questions (1-2)
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3. Chapter Overview Private Industry Enters Space
Space in Your Daily Life
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4. Lesson Overview Commercial satellites and launches
The possibility of space tourism
The potential of mining asteroids and moons
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5. (Note to teacher: Use “Pick a Student” button in CPS)
Quick Write
Should NASA allow artists to visit space, as millionaire Dennis Tito urges, or should trips be limited to scientists?
Defend your position.
(Note to teacher: Use “Pick a Student” button in CPS)
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6. Commercial Satellites and Launches
In the 1950s and 1960s several commercial companies began exploring ways to improve national and international communications using satellites
RCA (Radio Corporation of America)
AT&T (American Telephone &Telegraph Co.)
The Hughes Aircraft Company
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7. Commercial Satellites and Launches, cont.
RCA
Grew from the US government’s recognized need for a domestic radio and telegraph company
In 1961, when NASA requested bids on a medium-orbit active communications satellite, RCA won the contract
NASA launched Relay 1 and Relay 2
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Courtesy of NASA

8. Commercial Satellites and Launches, cont.
AT&T
Another commercial company involved in communications satellite
development
Paid out of its own pocket to
develop its medium-orbit
satellite
Telstar was the first privately sponsored satellite launched into space
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©NASA/SPL/Photo Researchers, Inc.

9. Commercial Satellites and Launches, cont.
Hughes Aircraft Company
American aviator Howard Hughes founded the company
NASA awarded Hughes a contract to build Syncom
Line of sight in telecommunications refers to a clear straight path for transmitting between sender and receiver
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10. The Commercial Use of Communications Satellites
COMSAT added telecommunications agencies from 17 other countries to form one large commercial satellite company called the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT)
COMSAT/INTELSAT took on a more commercial aspect
Anik - the first domestic communications satellites
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11. Commercial Launches for NASA
C3PO provides funding and technology to help private companies develop safe and reliable space transportation
SpaceX has developed two partially reusable launch vehicles
Orbital has developed several launch vehicles
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Courtesy of Orbital Sciences Corporation

12. The Possibility of Space Tourism
Russia began selling seats on its Soyuz capsules
Many object to the term “space tourist,” instead preferring “private astronaut”
US Federal Aviation Administration will issue space launch permits
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©Mikhial Metzel/AP Photos

13. Plans for Space Tourism
American Burt Rutan and British billionaire
Sir Richard Branson
Other companies and groups are looking to expand service to space
Plans include a commercial hotel in space
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©Joe C. Hong/AP Photos

14. The VSS Enterprise First trip may launch as early as 2011
First successful test
flight on 22 March 2010,
spent about three hours
at 45,000 feet
Its voyage will begin in the Mojave Desert
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©2010 Mark Greenberg Virgin Galactic

15. The Potential of Mining Asteroids and Moons
C-Type - same elements make up these asteroids as make up the Sun except that they don’t contain
unstable elements
S-Type - made of nickel,
iron, and magnesium
M-Type - made of nickel and iron, but mostly iron
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Courtesy of NASA/Denise Watt

16. The Estimated Mineral Wealth of Asteroids
Use the natural resources in space for rocket propellant or developing space structures
Using resources available in space would save millions of dollars
Amount of minerals and resources asteroids contain would give every man, woman, and child on Earth $100 billion
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17. Learning Check CPS Questions (3-4)

18. Activity 1: Private Industry in Space Challenge
In this challenge, your instructor will give your team a clue and you must attempt to correctly name the company, organization or program
If your team is not sure of the answer, you may ask for a second clue, and then for a third clue if needed
The more clues you ask for, the fewer points you will receive
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19. Activity 2: The Beginnings of Commercial Satellites and Launches
Use pages of your textbook to complete the worksheet on the beginnings of commercial satellites and launches
Then answer the analysis question
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20. Activity 3: Space Tourism: Defend or Oppose
Prepare to defend or oppose the practice of space tourism with your team in a lively debate
Carefully follow the instructions you will be given on the rules for the debate
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21. Technology Enrichment: Virgin Galactic
Explore the Virgin Galactic website at
Independently create five (5) journal entries as if you were traveling on the most recent Virgin Galactic vehicle. Entries should focus on flight preparation, training, and flight experiences, and then speculate in one final entry how this experience would change you
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22. Review
Private companies have been building and launching satellites for years
For those with enough money, paying a hefty fee to be a private astronaut can be the way to go
Companies could make a lot of money extracting precious metals out of asteroids if only a safe and cost-effective way could be found
Some argue that private industry can carry out space missions more efficiently and at less cost than NASA
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23. Review Questions CPS Questions (5-6)
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24. Summary Commercial satellites and launches
The possibility of space tourism
The potential of mining asteroids and moons
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25. Next… Done – Private Industry Enters Space
Next – Space in Your Daily Life
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