1. Federal Aviation Administration 1 COE CST Overview May 11, 2011 Introduction to the FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation May 11, 2011 Ken Davidian AST Director of Research Federal Aviation Administration

2. Federal Aviation Administration 2 COE CST Overview May 11, 2011 AGENDA COE CST Background Member Universities Management Structure Research Areas Research Tasks

3. Federal Aviation Administration 3 COE CST Overview May 11, 2011 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

4. Federal Aviation Administration 4 COE CST Overview May 11, 2011 The University of Texas Medical Branch 9 COE CST Member Universities

5. Federal Aviation Administration 5 COE CST Overview May 11, 2011 CU COE CST Dedication

6. Federal Aviation Administration 6 COE CST Overview May 11, 2011 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

7. Federal Aviation Administration 7 COE CST Overview May 11, 2011 AST R&D Management Structure AST COEManagement Plan AST R&DCoordinationPlan Planning Committee Coordinating Committee Center of Excellence AST COE Mgt Council OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATE 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

8. Federal Aviation Administration 8 COE CST Overview May 11, 2011 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 Rating 4. 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

9. Federal Aviation Administration 9 COE CST Overview May 11, 2011 List of Funded COE CST Research Tasks Research Task NameRAPI Name (University) Unified 4-Dimensional Trajectory Analysis1.1Alonso (SU), Klaus (CU) Space Environment MMOD Modeling and Prediction1.1Close (SU), Fuller-Rowell (CU) Space Situational Awareness1.1Scheeres (CU) Air and Space Traffic Considerations for CST1.1Villaire (FIT) Space Operational Framework1.2Hynes (NMSU) Master ’ s Launch and On-Orbit Operations Laboratory1.2Born (CU) Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of Safety Metrics2.1Alonso (SU) Magneto-Elastic Sensing for Structural Health Monitoring2.2Zagrai (NMT), Ostergren (NMT) High Temperature Pressure Transducers2.2Sheplak (UF), Oats (FSU) Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking2.2Fitz-Coy (UF), Collins (FSU), Rock (SU) Ultra High Temperature Composites2.2Gou (UCF), Kapat (UCF) Flight Software Validation & Verification for Safety2.2Alonso (SU) Wearable Biomedical Monitoring Equipment3.1Jennings (UTMB) Physiological DB Definition and Design3.1Vanderploeg (UTMB) Comm ’ l Suborbital & Orbital Design Reference Missions3.1Vanderploeg (UTMB) Crew and Human Spaceflight Participant Medical Standards3.1Jennings (UTMB) Additional NASTAR Centrifuge Testing3.5Vanderploeg (UTMB) CST Research Road Mapping4.1Hubbard (SU), Born (CU)

10. Federal Aviation Administration 10 COE CST Overview May 11, 2011 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 www.coe-cst.org