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Commercial Spaceflight FederationAlex Saltman
Executive [email protected]
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Commercial Spaceflight Federation
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) is the industry association of leading businesses and organizations working to make commercial human spaceflight a reality.
Mission of CSF: To promote the development of commercial human spaceflight, pursue ever higher levels of safety, and share best practices and expertise throughout the industry.
Michael Lopez-Alegria, record-breaking former NASA astronaut, was recently hired to be CSF’s President.
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45 Members and Counting…
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
Armadillo Aerospace Blue Origin Excalibur AlmazJacksonville-Cecil Field SpaceportMasten Space SystemsMojave SpaceportSierra Nevada CorporationSouthwest Research Institute Space AdventuresSpace FloridaSpaceport America SpaceXUnited Launch AllianceVirgin GalacticXCOR Aerospace
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Recent Member Activities
Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems completes a major NASA Commercial Crew milestone by delivering the Dream Chaser first flight test vehicle structure.
SpaceX successfully test-fires a SuperDraco engine, which will be used for launch escape and propulsive landing.
United Launch Alliance completes a design milestones necessary for certifying Atlas V for human spaceflight and
Armadillo Aerospace launches to an altitude of almost 60 miles from Spaceport America, carrying a student scientific payload from Purdue University.
Space Adventures books first of two seats for its private lunar spaceflight mission.
Masten Space Systems conducts free-flight of Xaero vehicle in preparation for NASA flights, inks agreement with Space Florida for launches.
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Our Board
Officers Chairman Eric Anderson
Space Adventures
Jeff Greason XCOR Aerospace
Gwynne Shotwell SpaceX
George Whitesides Virgin Galactic
Stu Witt Mojave Spaceport
Mark Sirangelo, Chairman Emeritus Sierra Nevada Corp
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NASA’s Human Exploration Mission
NASA must explore beyond low Earth orbit, to refresh our nation’s pioneering spirit and excite the public.
But the Augustine Commission said NASA needed more money to do that.
So, NASA must become more efficient.
Many ways the private sector can help, but here are two:
Reduce the cost of maintaining the Space Station through commercial transportation of cargo and crew
Help develop new technologies for exploration that make exploration cheaper and easier
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NASA: Commercial Cargo Program
COTS was a program for competitively awarded, fixed-price contracts to develop vehicles for cargo delivery to the International Space Station
Resupply contracts were awarded for flights to Orbital and SpaceX
SpaceX launched a test flight on December 8, 2010 and is expected to launch again in the next two months
Orbital expected to launch later this summer
Vehicles were developed for far cheaper than previous development efforts, indicating that this is a model that should be used more
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NASA: Commercial Crew Program
Competitively awarded, fixed-price contracts to develop vehicles for crew delivery to the International Space Station
Round two is in progress, with four companies funded to produce systems for use in their eventual vehicles: SpaceX, Sierra Nevada, Blue Origin and Boeing, countless subcontractors
Next round is CCiCap:
Integrated system for crew delivery
With extension, would take companies to first human flight
Proposals were due on March 23, awards in the summer
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NASA: Space Technology
Early stage innovation
Grants, SBIR/STTR, Centennial challenges
Game-changing technology development
Commercial suborbital flights
Technology demonstrations, including:
Autonomous landing
Solar sails
Laser communications
And more!
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Contact
Alex Saltman
Executive Director
Commercial Spaceflight Federation
202-349-1121