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Research & Education Missions:A Bonanza at 100 km
Commercial Spaceflight FederationSuborbital Applications Researchers
Group
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X-Prize Private Suborbital Flight Competition: 2004
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X-Prize Private Suborbital Flight Competition: 2004
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SpaceShipOne’s Successor: SpaceShipTwo: 2008
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SpaceShipTwo Development: 2009
SpaceShipTwo BeganTest Flights This Year and Plans Commercial Ops in 2012.
Seat Prices for Early Commercial Ops are$200K.
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And Virgin HasA Great Deal of Competition
Blue Origin
Armadillo Aerospace
XCOR
Masten Space Systems
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Research & Education Missions (REM)
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Unique Features of Next-Gen Suborbital Research
Frequent Access to Space at Low Cost
– 10x the microgravity time of zero-G aircraft, & a 100x cleaner microgravity environment.
– Direct access to the “ignorosphere.”
– Hundreds to thousands of seats flown each year.
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Fewer Constraints on, and Gentler Rides for Payloads
– Fly off the shelf laboratory equipment.
– Fly researchers with their payloads.
– Fly larger payloads than can be flown inside Shuttle or ISS.
– Simple, fast safety/integration processes, like zero-G aircraft instead of Shuttle/ISS.
Unique Features of Next-Gen Suborbital Research
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Flexible Operations
– Worldwide launch basing.
– Ability to launch at specific times coincident with phenomenology, in synch with classes, in sync with circadian rhythms, etc.
– Rapid access to samples, test subjects, etc. post-flight
Unique Features of Next-Gen Suborbital Research
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These Attributes Make the REM Market Rich With Applications
In Atmospheric Science
In Life Sciences
In Earth Science & Oceanography
In Space Physics
In Astronomy & Solar Physics
In Instrument Test & Demonstration
In Microgravity R&D
And for Education, for Training, and for Public Outreach
Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference
Boulder, Colorado: 18-20 February 2010
Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference
Orlando, Florida Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2011
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