COMSTAC RLV Working Group

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COMSTAC RLV Working Group
May 20, 2009

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Agenda

• Welcome / Introductions
• Chairmanship of RLV Working GroupBretton
  Alexander, Chairman, RLV WG
• Discussion of RLV Task Force on Training
  ReportBretton Alexander, Chairman, RLV WG
• Presentation on the IAF Commercial Spaceflight
  Safety Committee John Sloan and Brooke Owens,
  FAA/AST
• Establishing Priorities for the RLV Working Group
  Bretton Alexander, Chairman, RLV WG
• Other Business

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Chairmanship of RLV WG

• Previous Chair George Whitesides
• Now Senior Advisor to the NASA Administrator
• New Chair Bretton Alexander
• President, Personal Spaceflight Federation
• Was Deputy Chair from October 2008
• New Deputy Chair Jeff Greason
• President, XCOR Aerospace

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RLV Task Force on Training Draft Report

• Comprehensive study of potential spaceflight
  training approaches and structures
• Commercial space operations jobs that may require
  training standards
• Training standards approach and recommendation
• Implementation recommendations
• Draft report submitted by Task Force to RLV WG in
  November 2008
• Draft report provided to COMSTAC members for
  comment in April 2009

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Next Steps

• Discussion of Draft Report at RLV WG
• Review of issues raised by COMSTAC members
• Discussion of possible next steps

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IAF Commercial Spaceflight Safety Committee

• Presentation byJohn Sloan and Brooke
  OwensFAA/AST

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Establishing Priorities for the RLV WG

• Develop top 2-3 priorities for RLV Working Group
• Recommend that FAA/AST pursue same priorities
• Develop priorities by next RLV WG meeting in
  October 2009
• Forward to full COMSTAC at Oct 2009 meeting
• COMSTAC then recommend priorities to DOT/FAA

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Other Business

• FAA/AST seeking RLV WG opinion on whether a
  voluntary public lessons learneddatabase is of
  interest to the industry
• Other topics??

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Contact

• Bretton Alexander, Chair
• President, Personal Spaceflight Federation
• 1725 I Street, NW
• Washington, DC 20006
• 703-627-1692 cell
• Jeff Greason, Deputy Chair
• President, XCOR Aerospace
• PO Box 1163
• Mojave, CA 93502
• 661-824-4714