1. Federal Aviation Administration 1 COE CST Overview August 16, 2011 Introduction to the FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation August 16, 2011 Ken Davidian AST Director of Research Federal Aviation Administration

2. Federal Aviation Administration 2 COE CST Overview August 16, 2011 Part 1 AGENDA Background Member Universities Research Areas & Tasks

3. Federal Aviation Administration 3 COE CST Overview August 16, 2011 AST’s Dual Mission Goals Title 49 US Code Subtitle IX, Ch. 701 Regulate the commercial space transportation industry, only to the extent necessary, to ensure compliance with international obligations of the United States and to protect the public health and safety, safety of property, and national security and foreign policy interest of the United States Encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space launches and re-entries by the private sector

4. Federal Aviation Administration 4 COE CST Overview August 16, 2011 Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation Origins: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101-508, Title IX, Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act. What & Why: A 10-year partnership of academia, industry, and government to create a world-class consortium that will address current and future challenges for commercial space transportation 3 Goals: Research – Training - Outreach How & How Much: 1:1 Industry Match Required for All USG Funds Year 1: $2M FAA Funding Years 2-10: At least $1M FAA AST Funds

5. Federal Aviation Administration 5 COE CST Overview August 16, 2011 The University of Texas Medical Branch 9 COE CST Member Universities

6. Federal Aviation Administration 6 COE CST Overview August 16, 2011 FIT aerospace & space-related engineering, science, space traffic management & launch operations, vehicle & payload analysis and design, thermal systems & propulsion. FSU thermal management, vehicle aerodynamics & controls, sensors, actuators, system health monitoring, high performance simulations. NMT structural health management, rocket engine test facility, explosives, induced lightning, fast tracking telescope. NMSU suborbital investigations, scientific ballooning, nano-satellite development. SU optimization & autonomous operation of complex systems, strategic research planning. UCF thermal protection system, cryogenic systems & materials, composites, sensors, actuators, GNC. CU spacecraft life support & habitat design, human factors engineering analysis, payload experiment integration, space environment, orbital mechanics. UF research in space systems, MEMS, computational sciences, structural dynamics, controls, gas dynamics, propulsion. UTMB medical support & human spaceflight physiological research, preparation of passengers & crew for suborbital space flights. Member University Strengths The University of Texas Medical Branch

7. Federal Aviation Administration 7 COE CST Overview August 16, 2011 COE CST Research Areas 1. Space Traffic Management & Operations 1.1 Orbital STM 1.2 NAS Integration 2. Space Transportation Operations, Technologies & Payloads 2.2 Vehicle Safety Analyses 2.3 Vehicle Safety Systems/Tech’s 2.5 Vehicle Ops Safety 2.4 Payload Safety 3. Human Spaceflight 3.1 Aerospace Physiology & Medicine 3.2 ECLSS & Habitability 3.3 Human Factors 3.5 Personnel Training 3.4 Human Rating 4. Space Transportation Industry Viability 4.1 Markets 4.2 Policy 4.4 Regulation 4.3 Law Current structure based on results of Stanford-led CST Research Road Map Workshop #1 held on April 6-7, 2011. Workshop #2 is going on RIGHT NOW in Crystal City at the L-M Global Vision Center. 2.1 Ground System & Ops Safety Technologies 1.3 Spaceport Ops

8. Federal Aviation Administration 8 COE CST Overview August 16, 2011 COE CST Research Tasks Research Task NameRAPI Name (University)Stud Space Environment MMOD Modeling and Prediction1.1Close (SU), Fuller-Rowell (CU) 1 Space Situational Awareness1.1Scheeres (CU) 1 Unified 4-Dimensional Trajectory Analysis1.2Alonso (SU) 1 Air and Space Traffic Considerations for CST1.2Villaire (FIT) 1 Space Operational Framework1.3Hynes (NMSU) 0 Master ’ s Launch and On-Orbit Operations Laboratory1.3Born (CU) 1 Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of Safety Metrics2.2Alonso (SU) 1 Magneto-Elastic Sensing for Struct Health Monitoring2.3Zagrai & Ostergren (NMT) 1 High Temperature Pressure Transducers2.3Sheplak (UF), Oats (FSU) 2 Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking2.3Fitz-Coy (UF), Collins (FSU), Rock (SU), Axelrad (CU) 4 Ultra High Temperature Composites2.3Gou & Kapat (UCF) 2 Flight Software Validation & Verification for Safety2.2Alonso (SU) 0 Wearable Biomedical Monitoring Equipment3.1Jennings (UTMB) 1 Physiological DB Definition and Design3.1Vanderploeg (UTMB) 1 Comm ’ l Suborbital & Orbital Design Ref Missions3.1Vanderploeg (UTMB) 1 Crew and HSP Medical Stds3.1Jennings (UTMB) 1 Human Rating of Commercial Spacecraft3.4Klaus (CU) 1 Additional NASTAR Centrifuge Testing3.5Vanderploeg (UTMB) 1 Role of COE CST in EFP4.1Hubbard (SU), Born (CU) 1

9. Federal Aviation Administration 9 COE CST Overview August 16, 2011 Summary Partnership of Gov’t, Academia, Industry 9 Member Universities Funded for 10 Years FAA AST: No Less Than $1M/year 4 Research Areas Focusing on (1) STM, (2) Vehicles, (3) Human Spaceflight, (4) Industry Promotion For more information… www.coe-cst.org