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COE CST OverviewMay 11, 2011

Introduction to the FAA

Center of Excellence for

Commercial Space Transportation

May 11, 2011Ken DavidianAST Director of Research

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AGENDA

• COE CST Background

• Member Universities

• Management Structure

• Research Areas

• Research Tasks



Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation• What? A partnership of academia, industry, and

government.• Why? To create a world-class consortium that will

address current and future challenges for commercial space transportation

• How Long? 10 years• How Much?

• Year 1: $2M FAA Funding• Years 2-10: At least $1M FAA AST Funds• 1:1 Industry Match Required for All USG Funds



The University of Texas Medical Branch

9 COE CST Member Universities



CU COE CST Dedication



FIT sensors, air/space traffic management.

FSU thermal management, vehicle aerodynamics and controls, sensors, actuators and system health monitoring and high performance simulations.

NMT structural health management, rocket engine test facility, fast tracking telescope.

NMSU suborbital investigations, scientific ballooning, and nano-satellite development.

SU optimization and autonomous operation of complex systems, strategic research planning.

UCF thermal protection system, cryogenic systems and materials, composites, sensors, actuators, GNC.

CU spacecraft life support and habitat design, human factors engineering analysis, payload experiment integration, space environment and orbital mechanics.

UF research in space systems, MEMS, computational sciences, structural dynamics, controls, gas dynamics, and propulsion.

UTMB medical support and human spaceflight physiological research, preparation of passengers and crew for suborbital space flights.

Member University Strengths

The University of Texas Medical Branch



AST R&D Management Structure

AST COEManagement Plan

AST R&D CoordinationPlan

PlanningCommittee

CoordinatingCommittee

Center of ExcellenceAST COE Mgt Council

OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATIONASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR

CHIEF ENGINEER

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

R&D Coordination

Sr. Steering Committee

Advisory Board

COE CST Member Universities

Industry Partners

Non-Member Universities

R&D Task Proposal Process

Member University Coordination

Research Entities

USG Partners

COMSTAC



COE CST Research Areas

1. Space Traffic Management & Operations

1.1 Orbital STM

1.2 NAS Integration & Spaceport Operations

2. Space Transportation Operations, Technologies & Payloads

2.2 Vehicle Safety Analyses

2.3 Vehicle Safety Systems/Tech’s

2.5 Vehicle Safety Operations

2.4 Payload Safety

3. Human Spaceflight

3.1 Aerospace Physiology & Medicine

3.2 ECLSS & Habitability

3.3 Human Factors

3.5 Personnel Training

3.4 Human Rating4. Space

Transportation Industry Promotion

4.1 Markets

4.2 Policy

4.4 Regulation

4.3 Law

Current structure based on results of CST Research Road Map Workshop #1 held in Stanford, CA on April 6-7, 2011.Workshop #2 is currently planned to be held during week of Aug 15 in DC area.

2.1 Ground System & Operations Safety Tech’s



List of Funded COE CST Research TasksResearch Task Name RA PI Name (University)Unified 4-Dimensional Trajectory Analysis 1.1 Alonso (SU), Klaus (CU)Space Environment MMOD Modeling and Prediction 1.1 Close (SU), Fuller-Rowell (CU)Space Situational Awareness 1.1 Scheeres (CU)Air and Space Traffic Considerations for CST 1.1 Villaire (FIT)Space Operational Framework 1.2 Hynes (NMSU)Master’s Launch and On-Orbit Operations Laboratory 1.2 Born (CU)Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of Safety Metrics 2.1 Alonso (SU)Magneto-Elastic Sensing for Structural Health Monitoring 2.2 Zagrai (NMT), Ostergren (NMT)High Temperature Pressure Transducers 2.2 Sheplak (UF), Oats (FSU)Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking 2.2 Fitz-Coy (UF), Collins (FSU), Rock (SU)Ultra High Temperature Composites 2.2 Gou (UCF), Kapat (UCF)Flight Software Validation & Verification for Safety 2.2 Alonso (SU)Wearable Biomedical Monitoring Equipment 3.1 Jennings (UTMB)Physiological DB Definition and Design 3.1 Vanderploeg (UTMB)Comm’l Suborbital & Orbital Design Reference Missions 3.1 Vanderploeg (UTMB)Crew and Human Spaceflight Participant Medical Standards 3.1 Jennings (UTMB)Additional NASTAR Centrifuge Testing 3.5 Vanderploeg (UTMB)CST Research Road Mapping 4.1 Hubbard (SU), Born (CU)



Summary

• COE CST Funded by FAA AST for 10 Years

• No Less Than $1M/year

• 9 Member Universities + Industry Members, Other Universities, International Partners

• 4 Research Areas Focusing on (1) STM, (2) Vehicles, (3) Human Spaceflight, (4) Industry Promotion

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