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AST Research and Development Activities
COMSTAC Launch Operations and Support Working Group
Chuck Larsen
October 24, 2006
Federal AviationAdministration
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AST Research and Development Activities
• Agenda • AST R&D Charter• AST R&D Plan• AST R&D Plan Overview• AST R&D Plan/FAA Flight Plan Link• AST R&D Activities FY 2006• AST R&D FY06 Projects• AST R&D FY07 Projects• AST R&D Call For FY08 Projects• AST R&D Project Input Form
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AST R&D Charter
• Consistent with AST leadership in regulatory activity, developing a safe, efficient U. S. Commercial Space Transportation industry.
• Institutionalizes AST R&D Advisory Board, and AST R&D Senior Steering Committee (SSC) to manage the process.
• Annually, the Advisory Board identifies, evaluates and recommends a prioritized list of R&D Projects to the SSC for its consideration and portfolio selection.
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AST R&D PLAN
• Establishes a process to receive, evaluate and prioritize candidate research projects to meet FAA/AST increased safety & greater capacity goals.
• Provide management time frames for decisions that correspond with the FAA budget process.
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AST R&D Plan Overview
• Establishes Purpose, Scope and Objectives• Defines Research in the AST Mission Context• Aligns R&D Planning with Budget Process• Establishes a Requirements Process• Defines Research Project Schedule• Allows for Unbudgeted Research Requirements• Provides for periodic review of R&D progress and a way to
recommend and approve changes, as needed
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AST R&D Plan/FAA Flight Plan Link
• The AST R&D Plan supports the FAA Flight Plan goals of
• Increased Safety
• Greater Capacity
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AST R&D Activities FY 2006
• AST R&D Advisory Board • Met monthly to implement its responsibilities• Held meetings to review changes to any FY06 Projects and
recommended approval to AST R&D SSC • Met weekly to review R&D Projects for FY07
• AST R&D Senior Steering Committee (SSC)- Met quarterly to review progress on FY06 R&D Projects- Met 6/06 to review recommended FY07 R&D Projects
- Selected 3 AST R&D Projects for FY07
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AST R&D FY06 Projects
• Initial Requirements for Development of Separation Standards of Aircraft and Space Vehicles
• Commercial Human Space Flight Medical Data Collection• Debris Risk Analysis• Columbia Debris Study
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AST R&D FY 07 Projects
• Historical Database of Failures and Reliability of Rocket-powered Vehicles
• Human Spaceflight Training Preparation Study• Safety Operations Personnel Duty and Rest Analysis
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AST R&D Call For FY08 Projects
• Call for AST R&D FY08 Projects to AST Divisions 10/06• Call for AST R&D FY08 Projects to COMSTAC 10/06• All Candidate FY08 R&D Projects due to AST R&D Advisory
Board by January 12, 2007
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AST R&D Project Input Form
AST RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
• 1. Originator/ Date of submission:• 2. Title of Research Requirement:
(Short and descriptive)• 3. Background:
(What events or issues have lead to the generation of this requirement)• 4. Description of Requirement:
(Brief description of work envisioned to meet this requirement)• 5. Output:
(Specifically, the information sought, how AST plans to use it, and date information
is required by)• 6. Regulatory Link:
(What specific regulation, policy, action, etc., this requirement is supporting)• 7. Need code:
(Code that ties the requirement back to AST’s mission)
(More that one code may apply to a single task)• 1. Present program need• 2. Evaluate adequacy of present rules and policy• 3. Preparation for emerging technologies• 4. Preparation of new policy, rules or advisory materials
• 8. Estimated funding profile:
(Quantitative estimated level of effort needed to complete work
for this requirement; funding per year)