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Spaceport America
Doña Ana Spaceport Community Council Update
April 22, 2010
Spaceport America’s Purpose is to enable the Emergence of a New Commercial Space Industry
and be a Catalyst For Economic Development, Tourism, &
Education in New Mexico
Genesis of Spaceport America
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Agenda
• Industry Overview & NASA’s New Direction
• Spaceport Construction Update
• Space Flight Informed Consent Legislation
• Education Update
Discover Magazine: Top 100 Discoveries Changing the World (Jan/Feb 2010 Issue)
VSS Enterprise First Flight Mar. 22nd 2010
Space Industrialization …
Clean Up Orbital Debris Research and Development
Low Cost Access to Space Changes the Game… * Courtesy of XCOR Aerospace
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Bringing the business community together to grow the personal and commercial spaceflight industry !
www.ispcs.com
ISPCS Industry Symposium!October 20 & 21, 2010!
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
Las Cruces, New Mexico #
Dr. Patricia C. Hynes, ISPCS Chair#
October 19, 2010#Pan American CenterNew Mexico State University#Las Cruces, New Mexico #
Leonard R. Sugerman Free Public Forum
October 22, 2010: Special Event at Spaceport America
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NASA Unveils New Direction
• NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden Shares the President’s New Plan – Cancel Constellation Program – Focus on Low Earth Orbit, Research, and Technology Demonstrators …
• Prepare for Space Exploration – Pursue Other Heavy Lift Options – Provide $6B to Commercial Space Over the Next 5 Years – $50M in Commercial Contracts Awarded for Technologies Supporting to and
from Low Earth Orbit: • Boeing, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corp., United Space Alliance, and Paragon Space
Development Corp.
• Feb 2010 Suborbital Science Meeting in Boulder, Colorado – NASA Pledges $75M towards Suborbital Science
• Virgin Galactic, XCOR, Masten Space Systems, Armadillo, Blue Origin, etc.
• Commercial Space => Leverage Government Investment – Research and Science – Low Earth Orbit/Space Station
Commercial Space to Play Prominently in NASA’s New Plan
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Agenda
• Industry Overview & NASA’s New Direction
• Spaceport Construction Update
• Space Flight Informed Consent Legislation
• Education Update
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Spaceport Construction Team: New Mexico Contractors Winning the Bids!
New Mexico Spaceport Authority Infrastructure Division Director: Chad Rabon
Airfield + Apron David Montoya Const. Inc.
Project Manager: Robert Watson
Site Enabling FNF New Mexico, LLC
Project Manager: J. Sharpe/ Aaron Cohn
Architect/Engineer: AECOM/DMJM
Project Manager: Alan Jefts/ Brian Speicher
Architect/Engineer URS/Foster + Partners/SMPC
Project Manager: Rick Tietgens
Construction Team Evolving…. Most Elements by December 2010
EIS Data Recovery Zia Environmental & Cooperating Agencies
Ongoing
Horizontal Vertical
Water Smithco
Project Manager: Juan Trevizo
Waste Water AUI Inc.
Project Manager: Arturo Zavala
Fuel Storage FNF New Mexico, LLC
Project Manager: Jose Castillo
Off-Site Electrical Sierra Elec. Coop. General Manager:
Jimmy Capps
On-Site Electrical McDade-Woodcock Project Manager:
Bill Vaughan
Internal Roads CMC Construction Project Manager:
Bill Loomis
Terminal & Hangar Summit West
Project Manager: Carl Nicol
Construction Manager: Gerald Martin
Project Manger: Randy Gilbert
External Road/ Ash Canyon
NMDOT / Reiman Corp. :
Complete
* Southern Road and Vertical Range TBD
ARFF Bateman-Hall
Project Manager: Russell Lyday
Fencing TBD
Project Manager: TBD
Communications TBD
Project Manager: TBD
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Contractor ITB/RFP Summary (Cont’d)
External Roads: NMDOT Contracted – AO13 Temporary Road Improvement & Ash Canyon Complete – Working with Dona Ana & Sierra Counties on Southern Road Approach (MOA in Development)
NMSA Construction Management: Gerald Martin/HDR Contracted Dec. 2008 – Construction Management Services
EIS Data Recovery: Zia Environmental Contracted March 2009 – On-Site Work Complete June 2009 – FAA, SLO and SHPO Approved Start of Construction August 10, 2009 – On-Going Cultural Monitoring Plans Developed as Required – Working through Trail and Site Mitigation Plans… Drafts Submitted to FAA March 2010
• NM DoIT – Fiber Optic Service to Site – NMDoIT Coordination Required Prior to Communications Package Bid Release
• Special Inspections Bid Opening April 2010 – Owner Independent Testing Agency – Sitewide Quality Inspections Required by NM CID Code
Electric Service: SEC Agreement Executed: Power December 2010 – SEC Connection to 115kv Transmission Line: Substation & 6 Miles of Distribution Line – Working with SEC and BLM on the Approach for Permits and Cultural Mitigation
Data Infrastructure to Site & Special Inspections are Remaining Open Issues
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Spaceport America Operational Site Plan
Runway: 10,000 feet long - - - - 200 feet wide
Access and Internal Roads
Underground Utilities Water Wastewater Electrical Power Communication
Terminal and Hangar: 100K Sq. Ft. Virgin Galactic Operations NMSA Offices Public and Visitor Experiences
ARFF and Maintenance Building
Vertical Launch Area 12
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Spaceport America Site: 467 Confirmed Jobs and Growing …
Airfield: D Montoya Const.
ABQ: 129
Waste Water: AUI
LC & ABQ: 107
Enabling Works: FNF New Mexico
ABQ: 31*
Water: Smithco
T or C: 50
Internal Roads: CMC
T or C: 40
Off-Site Electrical: Sierra Elec. Coop. Elephant Butte: 20
Fencing: TBD
TBD: TBD
Apron: D Montoya Const. ABQ: Est. 30-50
Environmental: Zia Environmental
Las Cruces: 5
On-Site Electrical: McDade Woodcock
ABQ: 15
Terminal Hangar: Summit West
ABQ: Est. 150-300
ARFF: Bateman-Hall
ID/NM: Est. 50-100
Communication: TBD
TBD: TBD
Fuel Storage: FNF New Mexico
ABQ: 31*
NMSA & Design Team: AECOM, URS, Molzin-Corbin, etc.
ABQ/LC: 65
Construction Manager: Gerald Martin
ABQ: 8
Spaceport America Business Model
• Two Revenue Sources:
1. Job Based Revenue Generation: Jobs, Tourism, Education, Construction – Income Tax – Property Tax – GRT
2. Site Based Revenue: Tenants and Tourism – Lease Fees – User Fees – Tour and Merchandizing
• Budget: – NMSA Operating Budget – Site Operational Cost
Jobs for New Mexico, Inspiring the Next Generation, General Fund Benefit
Revenue Greater than Costs:
Positive Impact for New Mexico
Operational Self-Sufficiency
Benefits All of New Mexico
Jobs: $8M-$13M* to the General Fund
Construction GRT: $8M-$12M*
20 Yr VG Lease: $250M
2010 $16M - $25M
* NMSA Business Models
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Construction Status
Entry Sign at A-039 A-039 Box Culvert
1.3 Million Gallon Water Tank Terminal Hangar Facility
Fuel Storage Electrical Conduit to Water Wells
Waste Water Tanks Waste Water Corridor
Construction Status
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Construction Status: Airfield Paving: 42 Inch Section
24 Inch Compacted Soil Top 6 Inches: Cement/Soil Mix
4 Inch Asphalt Layer 14 Inches of Concrete On Top of Asphalt
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Airfield Construction Status: Concrete In Process
14 Inch Concrete Lay-Down Concrete Laser Leveled
Local Aggregate on Site Mining Pit at the Lewis Cain HQ
THF Construction Status
County Road A-013 Completed Gerald Martin Offices In Place
Lineup of Airfield Grading Equipment
Asphalt Plant
Stair Tower Foundation Placing Concrete Forms
View from Berm View of THF/Berm from Taxiway
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Construction Status: Site Fly-Over
* Courtesy Mark Greenberg
Dec. 2009
Oct. 2009
* Courtesy Bob Martin
Runway Complete Summer 2010
* Courtesy Dick Woodsum
March 2010
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Aircraft Rescue Fire-fighting Facility & Operations Center
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Spaceport America Conceptual Image URS/Foster + Partners
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Spaceport America 2011
T – One Year
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Vertical Launch Complex
• Lunar Lander Pads Installed: – X Prize Lunar Lander Challenge
– Infrastructure Available to Support Customers
– Pads Completed in July 2009
• Compliments Spaceport America’s UP Aerospace Launch Rail
– MOOG FTS Launch August 4th – Lockheed Martin Launch October 10th
Vertical Launch Business Picking Up …
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Agenda
• Industry Overview & NASA’s New Direction
• Spaceport Construction Update
• Space Flight Informed Consent Legislation
• Education Update
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Space Flight Informed Consent Signed
• Informed Consent Legislation:
– Supports 2004 Federal Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act • Informed Consent Legislation: Full Disclosure, Assumption of Risk • FAA/AST to License, not Certify • Participants, not Passengers • Affects Participants Only
– Virginia & Florida Passed Legislation in 2007 and 2008
– Risk Management Division to Provide Insurance Coverage Requirements • Spaceport Coverage • Flight Providers/Spaceport Tenants Required to Carry Insurance
• Senate Bill #9 Passed Unanimously in Senate and House – Senator Mary Kay Papen Sponsor – Governor Signed into Law on February 27th
New Mexico Remains Competitive with Other States….
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Agenda
• Industry Overview & NASA’s New Direction
• Spaceport Construction Update
• Space Flight Informed Consent Legislation
• Education Update
Education Vision for Spaceport America
• Collaborate with multi-pronged approach – Inclusive K-20 student and educator focus – Align stakeholders with shared vision
• Create Spaceport America as a student laboratory – Hands-on, participatory, emotional experiences – Leverage student fascination in unique industry sector to engage & inspire
• Service local workforce development needs – Help fill the STEM pipeline with more students – Emphasize relevant skills through applied opportunities – Facilitate valuable interactions with government and industry
• Become catalytic for schools and school districts – Academic year programs to integrate with school day – Out of school programs to inform the school day work – Develop local spaceport-related education Community of Practice
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Workforce Needs for Spaceport America
• Technical – Engineers:
• Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical – Technicians:
• CAD/CAM, Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, • Hazardous Materials, Launch Support, Heavy Maintenance
– Computing: • Computer Systems / IT Professionals, Programmers
– Operations: • Flight Ops, Ground Ops, Flight Safety, Security
• Business – Admin:
• Secretarial, Purchasing, Human Resources – Management:
• Business Administration, Economics, HRTM, • Financial Modeling, Project Management
– Sales/Marketing: • Customer Service, Public Affairs, Graphic Design
• Ancillary – Supply Chain, Tourism – Nursing, Food Service, Transportation Services, Security, Janitorial, Real Estate/
Housing, Child Care, Manufacturing, Composites, Biofuels, Precision Tooling/Cleaning, Media, etc.
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2nd Annual Student Launch Program Event
• NM Space Grant / NMSU / NMSA collaboration
– Liftoff ~6am, 5/4/2010 – Student payload experiments from:
• New Mexico State University • University of New Mexico • Dona Ana Community College • Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
• San Juan College • NM Highlands University • Central NM Community College • Hot Springs High School (T or C)
May 4th Event Open to Public – Register at www.SpaceportAmerica.com
2nd Annual Student Launch Program Event
• Annual access to space for students* – 1st ever program of its kind in the world
• Academic year workforce development program – Applied learning in the classroom, not after school – Facilitated by NASA/NM Space Grant Consortium
• Improve skills useful to area Hi-tech Employers – Design and development process – Fabrication/machining – Time/project management – Critical thinking/problem solving/research – Communication/teamwork – Presentation/documentation – Launch operations
• Intention to expand throughout New Mexico – All colleges, universities – All 89 K-12 school districts
Looking to Partner to Expand Impact of Program to more NM Students * Contingent on Funding, Desire to Increase Frequency, Potential to Expand Globally as Funding Mechanism
Delivering the Future of Space …
Spaceport America Conceptual Image of URS/Foster + Partners Design: Vyonyx Artist Rendering