NewSpace: Commercial Space Industry
NewSpace: Commercial Space Industry
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Why is this lecture important?
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3 – I Links
Small Sats Explore the Moon and Mars
Disruptive Technology Asteroids
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Historic Time
HUM Making Space
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What is NewSpace?
• HobbySpace.com
“Alt.space, NewSpace, entrepreneurial space, and other labels have been
used to describe approaches to space development that different
significantly from that taken by NASA and the mainstream aerospace
industry.”
• From Wikipedia:
“NewSpace, alt.space, and entrepreneurial space are umbrella terms for
a movement and philosophy often affiliated with, but not synonymous
with, an emergent private spaceflight industry. Specifically, the terms are
used to refer to a community of relatively new aerospace companies
working to develop low-cost access to space or spaceflight technologies
and advocates of low-cost spaceflight technology and policy.”
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Regimes for NewSpace Opportunities
Suborbital
• Description:
– Spacecraft reaches space 100 km (62 miles) or
higher but does not have the forward velocity
to go into orbit (e.g. 7.7km/s at 300 km)
• Tourist Industry
– Companies are selling tickets for the suborbital
experience, trips for $250K Virgin Galactic to
$95K/$100K XCOR per seat
• Research
– Microgravity (around 4 minutes)
– Upper atmospheric measurements
– Technology demonstrations
– Life Science experiments
• Point-to-Point Travel
– Travel from one location on Earth to another
through space
– Challenging technical problems
– Long-term goal not a current focus 7
Regimes for NewSpace Opportunities
Orbital
• Description:
– Low Earth Orbit (LEO) between 180 – 3000 km
– High Earth Orbit (HEO) – Geocentric 35,786 km
• Tourist Industry
– Spend long periods of time in microgravity at
ISS or on private space stations
– Space Adventures: 7 private citizens to ISS (8
missions – $20M – $40M per trip)
• Research/Applications
– Conduct experiments continuously in the orbital
environment (microgravity and life sciences)
– Launch small sats from ISS
• Satellite Servicing
– Service satellites, put them in proper orbits,
refuel, fix and upgrade systems
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Regimes for NewSpace Opportunities
Deep Space
• Description:
– Lagrange points, Moon, Asteroids, Mars and beyond
• Tourist/ Explorers
• Ultimate in exotic experiences
• The Inspiration Mars Foundation
• $750M per seat to the Moon; Golden Spike
• Research
– Enabling Humans to be productive and happy in
space; in-space economy
– Developing new materials and processes to create
new markets and improve life
• Mining and In Situ Resource Utilization
– Examples: Propellants, metal & materials
processing, and building materials
• Servicing a space-based economy
– Examples: 3D printing in space, space
manufacturing
• Settlement
– Moving human civilization to Moon and Mars
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Mars
Moon
Orbital
Asteroids
Sub-Orbital
Masten Space Systems
Copenhagen Suborbital
Zero2Infinity
Xcore
Virgin Galactic
Blue Origin
Swiss Space Systems
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Nanoracks
Planet Labs
Bigelow Aerospace
Space Adventures
SpaceX
Space Adventures
Example NewSpace Companies
Orbital Sciences
Moon Express
Golden Spike
Planetary Resources
Deep Space Industries
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Suborbital - Companies
ZERO2INFINITY
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Suborbital - Companies
XCOR Aerospace
Headquarters: Mojave, California USA, with R&D
Headquarters in Midland, Texas USA and operational
base at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Founded: 1999; Jeff Greason (President and Co-
Founder)
Major Focus: Space tourism and research
Implementation: Reusable hybrid rocket
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Suborbital and Orbital Companies
Nanoracks
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Orbital
Bigelow Aerospace
Headquarters: North Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Founded: 1999 by Robert Bigelow, Founder and
President (Budget Suites of America)
Major Focus: Commercial space stations, multiple
uses, potential customers include nations without
human spaceflight programs
Implementation: Expandable space habitat
technology based on NASA Transhab design.
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Orbital and Deep Space Companies
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)
Headquarters: Hawthorne, California
Founded: 2002 by Elon Musk CEO and CTO (co-
founder of PayPal); Gwynne Shotwell (President)
Major Focus: Cargo and passengers to LEO (ISS),
Geostationary Transfer Orbit, and planetary missions
Implementation: Vertically organized, most
development and manufacturing done in-house.
Falcon launch vehicles and Dragon capsules.
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Government’s Role in Commercial Space
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
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Government’s Role in Commercial Space
Changes at NASA
NASA’s Role in Capability NASA defines “what” and NASA only defines “what”
Development “how” (Industry defines “how”)
Cost Structure NASA incurs total cost NASA and Industry cost
share
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Government’s Role in Commercial Space
Commercial Crew Approach
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Government’s Role in Commercial Space
U.S. National Policy on Commercial Space
(June 28, 2010)
– Purchase and use commercial space capabilities and services to the maximum
practical extent
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Government’s Role in Commercial Space
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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Government’s Role in Commercial Space
Why Commercial
• Why Commercial?
– Commercial companies must be competitive and
governments have other priorities (safety, jobs, etc.)
– Example: comparison of SpaceX to NASA Development
Costs
• NASA initial estimates using its normal cost estimating
software for Falcon 9 were 10 times more expensive
than SpaceX actuals
• Even when NASA made adjustments its estimates were
still 4 times more
• Conflicting goals
– US Congress focused on jobs in their districts
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Role of Government
NASA Programs to Stimulate Commercial Space - Updated
• Crowdfunding
– Kickstarter: Lunar Space Elevator (Liftport Group), CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster
(CAT) (University of Michigan), Arkyd Telescope $1.5M (Planetary Resources),…
– Spire
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Organizations Supporting New Space
• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
(SEDS)
– 1980 founded by the same 3 founders as ISU, to
promote space exploration and development.
• National Space Society
– 1987 promotes living in and working in space. The
organization is located in many countries.
• Space Frontier Foundation
– 1988, dedicated to free enterprise and human
settlement of the Solar System
• Space Access Society
– 1992, dedicated to reducing the cost for commercial
access to space.
• Commercial Spaceflight Federation
– 2005, promotes commercial human spaceflight, high
levels of safety, and shares best practices and expertise
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Wrap Up
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Back-Up
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Technical and Policy Issues to Consider
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References 1
• Page 6: NewSpace definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewSpace and
http://www.hobbyspace.com/NewSpace/index.html
• Page 7: Research areas - Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference 2013;
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/NSRC2013/Site2/Home2013.html , and diagram:
http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/flight_mechanics_of_manned_suborbital_reusable_launch_vehicles_
with_recommendations_for_launch_and_recovery.shtml
• Page 8: Orbital: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourism , ISS: NASA image, Bigelow Space Station:
http://meflyrocket.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/the-future-of-commercial-spaceflight-and-space-tourism/
• Page 9: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Technology/Building_a_lunar_base_with_3D_printing and NASA
Image
• Page 11: ZERO2INFINITY: http://www.0ll00.com/ and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/24/bloon-
space-balloon-pictures-video_n_935415.html
• Page 12: XCOR Aerospace: http://www.xcor.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCOR_Aerospace
• Page 13: Virgin Galactic: http://www.virgingalactic.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Galactic
and http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelvenables/2013/02/08/interview-steve-isakowitz/
• Page 14: Blue Origin: http://www.blueorigin.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin
• Page 15: Nanoracks: http://nanoracks.com/ and http://ssl.engineering.uky.edu/missions/international-
space-station/nanorack-cubelabs/
• Page 16: Planet Labs: http://www.planet.com/; Lurio Report 2014;
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/20/planet-labs-95m/
• Page 17: Bigelow Aerospace: http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/
• Page 18: SpaceX: http://www.spacex.com/
• Page 19: Moon Express: http://www.moonexpress.com/ and discussions Bob Richards
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References 2
• Page 20: Planetary Resources: http://www.planetaryresources.com/ and
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/planetary-resources-to-mine-asteroids-with-robots-50007745/
• Page 22:NACA: http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4406/chap1.html
• Page 23 and 24: NASA HQ Presentation 2014: ‘Why Commercial Space and Why are we doing it’; Phil
McAlister HEOMD
• Page 25: Space Policy: http://www.space.commerce.gov/general/nationalspacepolicy/
• Page 26: FAA Policy: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/about/
• Page 27: Developing Cislunar Space Using the COTS Model, White Paper by Bruce Pittman & Dr. Daniel J.
Rasky
• Page 28: Flight Opportunities: https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov/ and Commercial Certification Process
and Accomplishments, Nov 15, 2012, NAC Meeting, Phil MacAlister; CCDev Status January 2013 (video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvVdD6qqROM
• Page 29: Commercial Spaceflight Federation http://www.commercialspaceflight.org/ ; National Space Society
http://www.nss.org/ ; Space Access Society http://www.space-access.org/ Students for the Exploration and
Development of Space http://seds.org/ ; Space Frontier Foundation http://spacefrontier.org/
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