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Reusable Launch Vehicles Working Group Presentation to the COMSTAC

Reusable Launch Vehicles Working Group Presentation to the COMSTAC. 25 October 2006 Michael S. Kelly, Chairman. Agenda. Commercial Spaceflight Liability Waviers Security for Next Generation Air Transport Rocket Failures R&D X PRIZE Cup Actions.

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Reusable Launch Vehicles Working Group Presentation to the COMSTAC

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  1. Reusable Launch Vehicles Working GroupPresentation to the COMSTAC 25 October 2006 Michael S. Kelly, Chairman

  2. Agenda • Commercial Spaceflight Liability Waviers • Security for Next Generation Air Transport • Rocket Failures R&D • X PRIZE Cup • Actions

  3. Commercial Space Flight Liabililty: Are Waivers Enough?Rueben Canada, Howard University Law Center • Study of liability waivers for paying passenger commercial space flight undertaken • Nature of liability waived and construction of waivers vary significantly state-to-state • Recommended course of action is to lobby on a state-by-state basis for favorable waiver legislation

  4. Security for the Next Generation Air Transportation SystemPaul Polski, JPDO Security IPT, Department of Homeland Security • The Joint Planning Development Office (JPDO) ensures the planning and execution of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) • IPTs working to develop strategies and action plans to address the “3X” growth in demand expected by 2025 • Collaborative, three element approach: • Policy • Modernization • R&D • Layered, Adaptive Security involved all aspects of traditional security functions using transformational policy and R&D • JPDO transitioning from the concept of operations to developing a R&D plan

  5. Rocket Failures DatabaseR&D ProjectJohn Sloan, FAA/AST • Description of Project: • AST should compile and maintain a database of historical data on failures and reliability of rocket-powered vehicles. An exhaustive database would include not only percentage reliability and number of vehicles, but type and class of vehicle and to the extent possible the results of the failure analysis. • Included are orbital space launch vehicles and available data on suborbital (non-missile) vehicles ( X-15 and rocketpowered lifting bodies). The ultimate goal is to provide the industry with insight into what fails and why. • Schedule • Study Period: November, 2006 – April 2007 • Final Report: July 2007 • Goal: • Enhance Safety

  6. X PRIZE Cup OverviewMichael S. Kelly, V.P. of Operations, X PRIZE Cup • See later presentation

  7. Actions • RLVWG to better frame the question asked of AST for the Rocket Failures Database project

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