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Statement of INDUSTRY

• Suborbital Human Spaceflight Training Industry– Not vehicle specific– Minimal personal safety pre-flight training

required for a space flight experience• Training required stresses of spaceflight (CFR 460.5)

• Pre-flight training.– Not including educational-only training.

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PARTS Details - Customers

• Space Experience Customers– Non-flying participants (will take space training but have

not purchased a ticket for space flight)

• Space Flight Participants– Participants (low to high level of adventurism)– Professional Users (REM, artists, others requiring

special training or flight accommodations…)

• Crew or Pilots• Not included in this paper:

– Non-Space Experience/Flight Users• Observer participants

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PARTS Details - Suppliers

• Flight Providers– E.g., Starfighters

• Flight Equipment Providers & Facilities– Training Equipt &

Providers• E.g., Simulators,

Software, Instructors

– Operational Equip’t– Human Safety

Equipment• Life Support Systems• E.g., Spacesuits

• Support Services– Travel/Logistics

Providers– Test Plan & Materials

Support• Development of Flight

Training Plans• Courseware Materials

– Utilities– EMS

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PARTS Details - Complementors

• Flight Providers (human suborbital)• Special Interest Groups (Teachers, Science)• Developers of Space Applications and Utilization

– Companies/Government that need to fly in space for product development

– E.g., medical device companies

• Space Excitement Boosters (SEBs)– Government flight programs– Increase Public Awareness of Space Flight– PR, Mass Media, Impressions of flight experiences– Related-Merchandise Providers– Edutainment Simulators

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PARTS Details - Competitors

• Government Organizations – Domestic: NASA, FAA CAMI, Military– International: Star City/Russia, ESA

• XTREME/Adventure Training• Flight Providers

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Suborbital Human Spaceflight Training IndustryPLAYERS - Value Net

SUBORBITAL HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT TRAINING

INDUSTRYPre-Flight Training, including

Simulators, Aircraft and Equipment/Hardware training.

CUSTOMERSA. Space Experience CustomersB. Space Flight ParticipantsC. Crew, Pilots

SUPPLIERSA. Flight ProvidersB. Flight Equipment Providers &

FacilitiesC. Support Services

COMPLEMENTORSA. Flight Providers B. Special Interest GroupsC. Developers of Space

Applications and UtilizationD. Space Excitement Boosters

COMPETITORSA. Flight ProvidersB. Government Organizations C. XTREME/Adventure Training

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Suborbital Human Spaceflight Training IndustryAdded Value

• Performance and experience enhancement– Reduced anxiety– Enhanced safety– Expectation management– Increased familiarity with environment,

spacecraft, etc.– Optimized time usage– Customers, suppliers, complementors

• Outreach/market expansion– SEB™– Customer feedback and overall product

expansion (training improvements)– Suppliers, competitors, complementors,

customers• Suppliers’ prosperity

– Suppliers

• Medical evaluations– Improved knowledge of aerospace

medicine– Metrics– Customers, suppliers, complementors

• Increased public approval– Reduced litigation

• Operational stability for overall space industry

– Suppliers, complementors, competitors• Risk mitigation

– Protecting individual’s value (insurance)– Customers, suppliers, complementors,

competitors• Job creation

– Suppliers, complementors, competitors• Innovation from lead users

– Customers, suppliers, complementors, competitors

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Suborbital Human Spaceflight Training IndustryRules• Safety/training

– FAA Regulation 460.5– Class 3 Medical– Waivers, release of liability– Right of refusal– Safety disclosure to flight

providers– Customer code of conduct

• Emergence of industry training association– Certification– Standard training requirements– Provider differentiation

• Government regulations– Legal/safety guidelines– ITAR/foreign nationals

• Protection of sensitive information– NDAs, proprietary information– Suppliers (i.e. flight profiles)– Customers (i.e. medical

information)

• Standard rules of business– Ethics– Contracting– Legal

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Suborbital Human Spaceflight Training IndustryTactics

• Current perceptions– Space is space (i.e. suborbital vs.

orbital)– Space is dangerous– Flight providers: “anyone can fly”– Space is cool– “No big deal” (i.e. it’s like a roller

coaster)

• Survival of industry– Safer, not safe– Increased safety protects related

industries (i.e. flight providers)– Encourage, facilitate, and promote

• Marketing– Better flight experience with training– Not safe to fly without training; not so

unsafe to avoid flying– Still adventurous even with training– User flexibility– “Astronaut training”– Nothing can replace the experience

of space– Governments don’t provide

preparation for actual suborbital flight– Government training is inaccessible

(i.e. foreign nationals, etc)– Tailored marketing (i.e. early adopter

vs. early majority, thrill-seekers vs. Avg Joe, etc)

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Suborbital Human Spaceflight Training IndustryScope• Product Research & Development

– Personal Safety (e.g. harnesses, suits, etc.)– Health/Pharmaceutical (e.g. microgravity drugs, body monitors, etc.)– Spaceflight/Aviation (e.g. hardware, software, form-fit-function, etc.)– Technology (etc.)

• Market Expansion– Adventure/Exploration (e.g. space diving, GoPro-like sports, etc.)– Travel/Tourism (e.g. hotels, flights, merchandise, etc.)– Entertainment (e.g. media, film, television, theme parks, etc.)– Direct/indirect economic benefits (e.g. hotel construction, etc.)– Insurance (e.g. space coverage, etc.)

• Government– Civil (domestic/international)– Military– Regulatory

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BACKUP SLIDES

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PARTS Details - Industry Members

Scope of this paper:• Pre-Flight Training

– Simulators– Aircraft– Equipment/Hardware

Training

Not to be addressed in this paper:• Educational-Only

Training– Universities– Membership Groups– Aerospace Medicine

Training– Research Training

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Statement of INDUSTRY

• What is the set of training that is needed to satisfy the safety requirements and doesn’t stifle the industry.

• Prepare and protect suborbital spaceflight travellers.

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PARTS Details - Complementors

• Space Adventures• Virgin Galactic• XCOR• Armadillo

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PARTS Details - Part 1

• Complementors• Competitors• Suppliers• Customers

– Everyday Joe Schmoe– Adventure Clientele

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PARTS Details - Industry Members

CURRENT• NASTAR• Survival System -USA• Zero-G• Star Fighters• Nova Space• Star City, Russia• Aurora• NASA• FAA CAMI

FUTURE• Virgin Galactic

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Suborbital Human Spaceflight Training IndustryAdded Value

• What is the set of training that is needed to satisfy the safety requirements and doesn’t stifle the industry.

• Prepare and protect suborbital spaceflight travellers.