suncomm 2011 joyce riquelme manager center planning and development kennedy space center enabling...

SunComm 2011

Joyce RiquelmeManagerCenter Planning and DevelopmentKennedy Space Center

Enabling Commercial Space at Kennedy Space Center

KSC - A NATIONAL ASSET EST. 1961

Representing 70% of NASA’s land holdings and 20% of NASA’s facility assets

NOW TRANSITIONING FOR THE FUTURE:

Heavy-lift Launchand NASA’sExplorationProgram

Commercial Cargo and Crew, and utilization of the International SpaceStation

Modernizing & “right sizing” ofKSC infrastructure, re-purposing of former Space Shuttle facilities

ENABLING ACCESS TO SPACE

MULTI-USER LAUNCH COMPLEX

Horizontal Launch & Landing

Clean Floor Processing

Multi-Use Integration

Heavy Class Launch Capability

Small Vehicle Launch Capability

Flexible Launch Capability

21ST CENTURY GROUND SYSTEMS PROGRAM

COMMERCIAL SPACE

Commercial Space Launch/Service Providers Entrepreneurial space activities Commercial crew and cargo services for NASA Suborbital spaceflight for STEM, research, and tourism Access to International Space Station and other platforms

Blue Origin SpaceX Boeing Sierra Nevada

PARTNERSHIPS

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Center Planning and Development Office

Formed in 2008 and reorganized in 2010

KSC’s “Front Door” to engage new business focusing on: Master plan for KSC infrastructure, land use, and real estate strategies

Commercial space transportation and services

Retention of highly skilled aerospace workers and facility assets

Kennedy Space Center Center Planning and Development

KSC’S NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY

• Published January 24, 2011

• Identified all major KSC facilities anticipated to become idle or under used

• Wide coverage in key trade press such as Space News, Av Week, Space Ref

• Received 30 responses from both industry and government

• 17 responses fit definition for priority consideration

• Evaluation of “best fit” for available assets is on-going

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REPURPOSING SPACE SHUTTLE FACILITIES

EXPLORATION PARK – INNOVATION CLUSTER FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGIES

Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS)

Master Plan Update for Commercial

Restricted, Controlled, and Public Access areas

redefined

Commercial Operating Zones

Dedicated and Shared Facilities

THE FUTURE

KSC will be the launch complex of the future, designed to serve the needs of

the world

KSC will support a variety of customers, government and commercial

KSC’s unique facilities and highly skilled workforce will support the space

community, making space less costly and more routine

NASA will continue to explore beyond low-Earth orbit, and that effort will

launch from KSC