1. Sustaining Human Activity in Space
Through Commercial Spaceflight
Commercial Spaceflight Federation
Alex Saltman
Executive Director
saltman@commercialspaceflight.org
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3. Commercial Spaceflight Federation
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) is the
industry association of leading businesses and
organizations working to make commercial human
spaceflight a reality.
Mission of CSF: To promote the development of
commercial human spaceflight, pursue ever higher levels
of safety, and share best practices and expertise
throughout the industry.
Michael Lopez-Alegria, record-breaking former NASA
astronaut, was recently hired to be CSF’s President.
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4. 45 Members and Counting…
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
Armadillo Aerospace
Blue Origin
Excalibur Almaz
Jacksonville-Cecil Field Spaceport
Masten Space Systems
Mojave Spaceport
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Southwest Research Institute
Space Adventures
Space Florida
Spaceport America
SpaceX
United Launch Alliance
Virgin Galactic
XCOR Aerospace
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5. Recent Member Activities
Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems completes a major NASA
Commercial Crew milestone by delivering the Dream Chaser first flight
test vehicle structure.
SpaceX successfully test-fires a SuperDraco engine, which will be used for
launch escape and propulsive landing.
United Launch Alliance completes a design milestones necessary for
certifying Atlas V for human spaceflight and
Armadillo Aerospace launches to an altitude of almost 60 miles from
Spaceport America, carrying a student scientific payload from Purdue
University.
Space Adventures books first of two seats for its private lunar spaceflight
mission.
Masten Space Systems conducts free-flight of Xaero vehicle in
preparation for NASA flights, inks agreement with Space Florida for
launches.
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6. Our Board
Officers
 Chairman Eric Anderson
Space Adventures
 Jeff Greason
XCOR Aerospace
 Gwynne Shotwell
SpaceX
 George Whitesides
Virgin Galactic
 Stu Witt
Mojave Spaceport
 Mark Sirangelo, Chairman Emeritus
Sierra Nevada Corp
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7. NASA’s Human Exploration Mission
NASA must explore beyond low Earth orbit, to refresh our
nation’s pioneering spirit and excite the public.
But the Augustine Commission said NASA needed more
money to do that.
So, NASA must become more efficient.
Many ways the private sector can help, but here are two:
Reduce the cost of maintaining the Space Station through
commercial transportation of cargo and crew
Help develop new technologies for exploration that make
exploration cheaper and easier
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8. NASA: Commercial Cargo Program
COTS was a program for competitively awarded, fixed-
price contracts to develop vehicles for cargo delivery to the
International Space Station
Resupply contracts were awarded for flights to Orbital and
SpaceX
SpaceX launched a test flight on December 8, 2010 and is
expected to launch again in the next two months
Orbital expected to launch later this summer
Vehicles were developed for far cheaper than previous
development efforts, indicating that this is a model that
should be used more
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9. NASA: Commercial Crew Program
Competitively awarded, fixed-price contracts to develop
vehicles for crew delivery to the International Space
Station
Round two is in progress, with four companies funded to
produce systems for use in their eventual vehicles:
SpaceX, Sierra Nevada, Blue Origin and Boeing,
countless subcontractors
Next round is CCiCap:
Integrated system for crew delivery
With extension, would take companies to first human flight
Proposals were due on March 23, awards in the summer
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10. NASA: Space Technology
Early stage innovation
Grants, SBIR/STTR, Centennial challenges
Game-changing technology development
Commercial suborbital flights
Technology demonstrations, including:
Autonomous landing
Solar sails
Laser communications
And more!
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11. Contact
Alex Saltman
Executive Director
Commercial Spaceflight Federation
saltman@commercialspaceflight.org
202-349-1121
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