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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
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Commercial Space Categories Funding Programs Future Projects
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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
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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 -
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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
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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
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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
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Commercial Space SpaceX Dragon
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Commercial Space Boeing CST-100
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Commercial Space Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser
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Commercial Space Orbital Sciences Cygnus
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Commercial Space CCDev Also covers commercial launchers Includes United Launch Alliance (ULA) – Atlas V (Dream Chaser & CST-100) – Delta IV (CST-100)
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Commercial Space Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office (C3PO) Manages CCDev and COTS-CRS
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Space Tourism
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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
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Commercial Space – Suborbital Vehicles
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Commercial Space XCOR Lynx
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Commercial Space SpaceShipTwo
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Commercial Space Bigelow Aerospace orbital habitat
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