1. AST Research & Development Activities 26 October 2004 COMSTAC RLV WG Presentation by Shelia Helton-Ingram

2. AST R&D Activities/FAA Strategic Plan Link The AST R&D activities supports the FAA strategic flight plan goals of –Increased Safety –Greater Capacity

3. AST R&D Charter Consistent with AST leadership in regulatory activity, developing a safe, efficient U. S. Commercial Space Transportation industry. Provides the framework for the AST R&D Advisory Board and AST R&D Senior Steering Committee (SSC) to manage the process. Annually, the Advisory Board identifies, evaluates and recommends a prioritized list of R&D Projects to the SSC for its consideration and portfolio selection.

4. AST R&D Activities FY 2004 AST R&D Advisory Board –Met monthly to implement its responsibilities –Held meetings to review changes to FY04 Projects and recommended approval to AST R&D SSC –Met weekly to review R&D Projects for FY05 AST R&D Senior Steering Committee (SSC) -Met quarterly to review progress on FY04 R&D -Met 6/04, 9/04 to review recommended FY05 R&D Selected 3 AST R&D Projects for FY05

5. AST R&D FY04 PROJECTS 1.Human Space Flight Safety Medical Criteria for Human Survival During Space Operations Minimum Requirements for Environmental Control and Life Support Systems on Manned Commercial RLV’s 2.Structural Inspection Through Bonded Thermal Protection Systems 3.Reentry Vehicle Hazard Model Development and Calibration 4.Non-Traditional Flight Safety Systems and Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring 5.Radio Frequency (RF) Blackout during RLV Reentry 6.Orbital Debris Models to Predict Safe RLV Reentry 7.Assessment of Alternative Methodologies for Establishing Equivalent Satisfaction of the Ec Criterion for Launch Licensing

6. AST R&D FY05 PROJECTS 1.Debris Risk Analysis 2.Re-configurable control allocations for RLV 3.Evaluating ELV Weather Delays

7. AST R&D Call For FY06 Projects Call for AST R&D FY06 Projects to AST Divisions 9/04 Call for AST R&D FY06 Projects to COMSTAC – RLV Working Groups 9/04 – LOSWG 9/04 All Candidate FY06 R&D Projects due to AST R&D Advisory Board by January 17, 2005