The Next Big Thing
Colorado Space Grant Consortium Seminar
Dr. James R. Stuart 6 December 2012
December 6, 2012 JRS 1 q Brief History of Space q Commercial Space Achievements by Government and Big Corporations q Beginnings of Entrepreneurial Space Privatization q Visionary Space Entrepreneurs and their Projects
December 6, 2012 JRS 2 q 1813 William Moore
q 1903 Konstantin Tsiolovsky
NACA
q 1915 NACA formed during WWI:
q 1926 Robert Goddard - first liquid rocket Bell X-1 V2 q 1938 Wernher von Baun - V2 rocket
q 1945 Arthur C. Clarke - “Extra-Terrestrial Relays” 1947 supersonic Chuck Yeager - NACA’s X-1 from B29
q 1957 USSR Sputnik
q 1958 NASA formed from NACA Sputnik December 6, 2012 JRS 3 Brief History of Space (cont’d)
q 1957 Vanguard Dr. Bill Pickering
q 1958 NASA/JPL’s Explorer-1 Dr. Jim Van Allen Dr. Wernher von Braun
q 1960 von Braun - Director of NASA MSFC q 1961 Yuri Gregarin - 1st tourist orbits Earth q 1961 Alan Shepard - 1st USA suborbital
q 1962 John Glenn - orbits Earth
December 6, 2012 JRS 4 Brief History of Space (cont’d) q 1962 AT&T Telstar satellite High altitude nuke ‘Starfish Prime’ set-off day before launch q 1963 Joe Walker - X-15 to 67 miles Astronaut ‘Space Tourist’ per UN list of ~550 people who’ve been in space Telstar-2 5/63 Syncom-3 GEO 8/64
q 1964 Intelsat formed - 120 countries q 1969 Moon Landing
December 6, 2012 JRS 5 Brief History of Space (cont’d)
q 4/81 First Shuttle Launch Challenger
q 11/84 First Satellite Retrievals
Enterprise 4/83-1/86: Discovery To NY Manhatten 10 flights st 1 Launch SA&S Museum 8/84
8/77-11/77: 5 glide flights
Columbia Endeavor 3/92-5/16/11:
To LA CA 4/81-2/03: Sci Center 28 flights 25 flights
Discovery Atlantis To KSC, FL To Chantilly, VA Visitor Center A&S Museum Dr. Joe Allen Discovery 10/85-7/8/11 11/84! 8/84-2/11: 39 flights 32 flights December 6, 2012 JRS 6 Brief History of Space (cont’d)
q 1986-2001 USSR/Russian MIR Space Station
Soyuz
Progress
Soyuz + Progress launch failure 8/24/11 – 3rd stage - Progress MIR crashed in Siberia Space Station Soyuz historic failure rate: 88/1700 ~5%
December 6, 2012 JRS 7 Brief History of Space (cont’d) 1998-Present International Space Station
October 8, 2012 SpaceX Dragon Capsule 10/10/12
Cupola Observatory Raffaello Progress 2010 module Capsule 2011 2011 December 6, 2012 JRS 8 Brief History of Space (cont’d) Planetary Exploration Achievements – Mars Surface:
1975 Mars Landers - Viking 1 and 2
1997 Mars Rover - Pathfinder
2004 Mars Rovers - Spirit and Opportunity
2004 Mars Lander - Phoenix
2012 Mars Rover - MSL Curiosity
Curiosity Sky Hook Landing 8/5/12
Mars 29 Earth 21
December 6, 2012 JRS 9 Brief History of Space (cont’d)
q 2005 Saturn’s Titan Lander - ESA Huygens
q 2006 Saturn’s Enceladus § WATER MORE than on Earth
Underground Water Ocean
Cassini Flew through Water Geysers
December 6, 2012 JRS 10 Brief History of Space (cont’d)
q 2008 Titan 2nd Underground Ocean Discovered – MORE WATER Surface Ice Volcanoes, Weather,» Rain, Snow, Rivers, Methane Lakes
Underground Water Ocean
Surface Methane Lakes:
2008 Mars Lander Phoenix – MORE WATER
Water Ice
and Ice Crystal Snowfall
December 6, 2012 JRS 11 Brief History of Space (cont’d)
q 2009-12 Lunar Ice – MORE WATER
In South Pole Craters (~Great Salt Lake) In North Pole Craters (600M MT)
Global thin H2O film layer
LCROSS 10/09 Cabeus Crater
2011-12 Mercury Ice – MORE WATER +800°F dayside. -300°F nightside ICE in North and South Pole Craters
Global thin atmospheric H2O vapor layer
Mercury Mercury Mercury North Polar Craters 3/11 Messenger North Polar Craters Water ice in yellow Multi-spectral image 3/11 Messenger image 11/12 Messenger data December 6, 2012 JRS 12 December 6, 2012 JRS 13 q GPS § 1960’s TRANSIT § 1972 developmental flight tests at White Sands § 1978 launch of first Block-I GPS satellite § > 70 B$ global commercial revenues in 2012 q DirecTV, Liberty, WildBlue, EchoStar, etc. § Dr. John Malone (71) Yale BA EE/Econ, JHU MSIM, PhD OR 1973 CEO of TCI (at 32) 1998 sold for 48B$
§ Charlie Ergen (59) MBA, Professional Gambler 1970’s: sold Big dishes Dr. John Malone 1980 founded Echostar (at 27) Value >6B$
q Orbital Sciences Corp. Charlie Ergen Founded 1982 Rounds: 500k$, 3M$, 50M$ December 6, 2012 JRS 14 q Rene Anselmo - Maverick Privatized Sat Com Industry
§ 1963 Founded Spanish International Network (37) § 1984 Founded PANAMSAT (58) § 1987 Sold SIN (UNIVISION) for $80M (61) § 1988 Launched PAS-1 1st PRIVATE COMSAT (62) § Refurbished Satellite, 1st Ariane 4 Launch § Blocked by INTELSAT Monopoly § Engraved in stone over Greenwich, CT office door: “Truth and Technology will Triumph Over Bullshit and Bureaucracy” § 1991 NYT full page Cartoon Ad - ‘My Dog Spot’ Rene Anselmo Urinating on legs of problem politicians, lobbyists § Broke INTELSAT Monopoly – 1st private comsat business § 1995 Died at 69 (2 days before IPO) § 2004 PANAMSAT sold for $2.6B
December 6, 2012 JRS 15 1991 NYT full page Cartoon Ad - ‘My Dog Spot’ - Urinating on legs of problem politicians, lobbyists
Rene Anselmo:
December 6, 2012 JRS 16 Entrepreneurial Space Privatization Beginnings (cont’d) q Drs. Joe Allen, Max Faget - First Private Space Station effort • Joe Allen-1982 and 1984 Shuttle Astronaut • 1985 Joined Space Industries Inc. § Founded 1982 by Max Faget § INDUSTIAL SPACE FACILITY § Private/Government Partnership • 1988 Reagan requested $700M § No Congress Approval
Max Faget Dr. Joe Allen
December 6, 2012 JRS 17 Entrepreneurial Space Privatization Beginnings (cont’d) q Orbital Sciences Corp - Privately funded Launchers Mars § 1982 Founding (DWT 28, JRS 36) Observer § 1984 $50M LP Private Raise
§ Largest Aerospace Round ever at time TOS § 1986 $160M in TOS Sales
§ 1990 Pegasus 1st Launch TOS § 1990 IPO (NYSE: ORB) § 2009 start Taurus II from Wallops Island § (2010 New Competitor: LMA/ATK’s resumed Athena 1c, 2c) § 2010 acquires GD sat mfg (Gilbert, AZ)
Pegasus
OSC’s LMA/ATK’s Wallops Island, VA Pegasus Taurus II at CCAFS December 6, 2012(VAFB, JRS Kodiak) 18 Entrepreneurial Space Privatization Beginnings (cont’d) q Low Earth Orbit Constellations Bubble in 1990’s o Big Corporations - Spent $ Billions o BUBBLE BURST - No Market Uptake - Lost $ Billions
q 1991 Iridium - Motorola o 1998 Service Start 1999 Bankruptcy
q 1991 Globalstar - Loral and Qualcomm o 2000 Service Start 2002 Bankruptcy Globalstar
q 1991 Orbcomm - Orbital Sciences o 1996 Service Start 2000 Bankruptcy
December 6, 2012 JRS 19 Entrepreneurial Space Privatization Beginnings (cont’d) q Teledesic - $15B Mega Constellation CU (Mark Balas) lead 840 satellites § 1990 Founded Dynamics and Control § 1997 Licensed Granted § 1998 IPO scheduled § 2003 Liquidated
Bill Gates (was 35) and Craig McCaw (was 41)
Bill Gates (now 56)
Craig McCaw (now 63)
December 6, 2012 JRS 20 Entrepreneurial Space Privatization Beginnings (cont’d) q 1993 Leo ONE PANAMERICA Leo One o Jose Manuel Villalvazo Baz (was 38) o Mexico License granted 1995 Closed 2002
q 1994 Leo ONE USA o David A. Bayer (was 51) o USA License granted 1998 Closed 2002
q 1995 KiTcomm o H. James Kennett (was 36) KITcomm o Australian License granted 1997 Closed 2004
q 1993 Athena 1, 2 Launcher
o Lockheed Martin (Corp funded) Athena 1 o 7 Launches 1995-2001 Cancelled 2001 From Kodiak Island 9/30/01 o Re-started 2011 to compete with SpaceX, Orbital
December 6, 2012 JRS 21 Entrepreneurial Space Privatization Beginnings (cont’d)
• Innovative Launchers Caught in Bubble XCOR (scrappy start- • Rotary Rocket Corp. up) formed by former RRC rocket engine team
XCOR picked by ULA for new Atlas/ Delta upper stage 3/11
XCOR booked by SwRI for 6 Lynx Spaceplane Flights 2/11
XCOR produces EZ- Rocket for Rocket Racing Tom Clancy Gary Hudson (was 45) League December 6, 2012 JRS 22 Entrepreneurial Space Privatization Beginnings (cont’d) q Innovative Launchers Caught in Bubble (cont’d)
George Koopman § American Rocket Company Timothy Leary § 1985: George A. Koopman (1944-89) § Founder: Insgroup Inc. (was 34) § Produced: Movies, Books, Albums § Founder: AmRoc (was 41) § $20M invested: 300 rocket tests
§ 1998 IP Sold to SpaceDev
December 6, 2012 JRS 23 Entrepreneurial Space Privatization Beginnings (cont’d) q Innovative Launchers Caught in Bubble § Kelly Space & Technology Astroliner
Mike Kelly (was 39) December 6, 2012 JRS 24 Entrepreneurial Space Privatization Beginnings (cont’d) q Innovative Launchers (cont’d) § VentureStar X-33 § Dave Urie, Proj Mngr § NASA took over 1996 § Cancelled in 2001
December 6, 2012 JRS 25 Entrepreneurial Space Privatization Beginnings (cont’d)
• Innovative Launchers (cont’d) § DARPA’s DC-X Delta Clipper (1991-93) § Given to NASA (DC-XA) in 1993 § Cancelled ~ 2001
§ Basis of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin ‘New Shepard ’ Tourist SSTO
December 6, 2012 JRS 26 q Space Tourism Businesses § Zero-G Flights
§ Space Prizes § Space Tourism Suborbital Flights § Spaceports, ‘Astronaut Dude Ranches’ § Space Tourism Orbital Flights § Orbital Space Hotels § Planetary Tourist Trips
December 6, 2012 JRS 27 Dr. Peter Diamandis (51)
« Zero-G Sold to Space Adventures in 2008 December 6, 2012 JRS 28 q 100 Aviation Prizes offered 1905-1935 § $25k Orteig Prize: 1927 Charles Lindbergh to Paris q Space Prizes § SFF Cheap Access to Space (CATS) Prize § Heinlein Prize § 7/11 Altius Space Machines (Louisville, CO): § Planetary Society Asteroid Tagging Prize Altius Space § Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Prize: Machines § NASA Centennial Challenges Sticky Boom® q $10M Ansari X-Prize 3 people to 100 km (62 miles), Repeat within 2 weeks John Carmack’s Armadillo Aerospace q $30M Google Lunar X-Prize Lunar Lander Entry Land on Moon, Traverse, Snap Photos, Transmit q $40M Florida RLVII Prize Most significant advancement toward designing and building a reusable space vehicle [for FL] (2009 through 2014) q $50M Space America Prize 5 people to 400km, 2 orbits, Repeat within 60 days
December 6, 2012 JRS 29 q John Carmack (42)
§ Co-founder id Software (at 21) Games: Doom 1-4, Rage, Quake 1-4, etc. Doom RPG for iPhone Engines: Half-Life, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, etc. 4th person inducted into AIAS Hall of Fame (Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences) § Founder Armadillo Aerospace (2001) Lunar Lander Challenge: Northrop Grumman Won 350k$ prize 10/08 Lunar Lander Entry Qualified for 1M$ prize 9/09 Stiga Launch (95km) 12/11 from Space America, NM Stiga recovery Ballute
December 6, 2012 JRS 30 q Peter Diamandis (51) § Co-Founder of SEDS (at 19) § Founder of International Space University (at 26) § Founder Zero-G (at 32) § Co-Founder of Angel Technologies (at 35) § Founder of X-Prize Foundation (at 35) § Co-Founder of Space Adventures (at 37) § Founder X-Cup (at 44) § Founder Rocket Racing League (at 45) § Founder Planetary Resources Inc. (at 49)
Dr. Peter Diamandis
December 6, 2012 JRS 31 Mark 3 X-Racer
XCOR EZ-Rocket
XCOR EZ-Rocket
XCOR (scrappy start-up) JV’s with ULA for new Atlas/Delta upper stages 3/11 December 6, 2012 JRS 32 q 2004 $10M won by Paul Allen and Burt Rutan
December 6, 2012 JRS 33 Ansari X-Prize (cont’d) q Paul Allen (now 59) § Co-Founder Microsoft (at 22) § Experience Music Project § Sci Fi Museum § Co-Founder Space Ship Company § Owns Trailblazers, Seahawks and Sounders § Co-Founder Stratolaunch Systems
Burt Rutan Paul Allen
December 6, 2012 JRS 34 Ansari X-Prize (cont’d) q Burt Rutan (69) § Founder Rutan Aircraft Factory (at 31) § Founder Scaled Composites (at 39) § Co-Founder Space Ship Company
Burt Rutan
Just Announced Retiring 4/11 December 6, 2012 JRS 35 30 M$ Prize 20 M$ for the winner
Larry Page (39) 5 M$ for second place 4 M$ in technical bonuses 1 M$ diversity award
December 6, 2012 JRS 36 q Bob Bigelow (now 67) § Founder Budget Suites of America (at 34) § Founder Bigelow Aerospace (at 54) § Founder National Institute for Discovery Science (at 55)
Bob Bigelow
December 6, 2012 JRS 37 q 1990’s Russians sold 5-10 trips to MIR
§ Foreign Astronauts, Japanese Reporter, UK Contest Winner q Space Adventures - Eric Anderson (38) § Co-Founder Space Adventures 1997 (at 23) § Co-Founder Cosmopolis XXI 2007 (at 33) § Co-Founder Planetary Resources 2010 (at 36)
Eric Anderson (now 38)
December 6, 2012 JRS 38 Space Tourists (cont’d) q 2001 Dennis Tito (at 61) § Ex-JPL, Orbit Analysis Software § Founder Wilshire Associates (at 32) § Funded Rocketplane Tourist vehicle (2000)
Dennis Tito
December 6, 2012 JRS 39 Space Tourists (cont’d)
q 2002 Mark Shuttleworth (at 29) § UK, born South Africa § Founder Thawte (at 25) § Sold to VeriSign for $575M Mark Shuttleworth q 2005 Greg Olsen (at 60) § Founder Sensors Unlimited (at 47) § Sold for $750M, Bought Back for $7M § Resold to Goodrich during launch
Greg Olsen
December 6, 2012 JRS 40 Space Tourists (cont’d) q 2006 Anousheh Ansari (at 40) § Co-Founder TeleconTtechnologies (at 27) § Sold for $550M to Sonus Networks § Founder Prodea Systems (at 39) § Ansari X-Prize
Anousheh Ansari
q 2007, 2009 Dr. Charles Simonyi (at 59 and 61) § Microsoft since 1981 (WORD, EXCEL) § 3/09 2nd flight to ISS (35M$)
Dr. Charles Simonyi
December 6, 2012 JRS 41 Space Tourists (cont’d)
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor q 2007 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (at 37) § Malaysian Orthopedic Surgeon § Angkasawan Spaceflight program Bundled with 18 Russian SU30 MKM Fighter Jet deal
q 2008 Richard Garriott (at 47) § Co-Founded ORIGIN (Ultima) (at 22) § Sold to Electronic Arts Guy Laliberté
q 2009 Guy Laliberté (at 50) Richard Garriott § Founder Cirque du Soleil (at 24) § Paid 35 M$ § Backup: Barbara Barrett § Former Dep Admin FAA § Husband ex-Chairman, CEO Intel q 3/10/10 End of Soyuz rides
q Will resume 2013 December 6, 2012 JRS 42 Space Tourists (cont’d) q NASA books Soyuz rides to ISS § 2001-10 R/T’s at 15-35 M$/seat § 2011/12 R/T’s at 51 M$/seat § 2013/14 6 R/T’s at 55.8 M$/seat Sarah Booked Brightman 10/10/12 § 2015/16 12 R/T’s at 62.7 M$/seat
q ~2013 Sarah Brightman (42) § Actress, Songwriter and Dancer § 180 Gold and Platinum sales awards in over 40 different countries
q ~2013 Vladimir Gruzdev (45) § Founder Largest Retailer in Russia § Explorer, Parliament q ~2014 Sergey Brin (37) Vladimir § Co-Founder Google (at 25) Gruzdev § Space Adventures Investor § Cosmopolis XXI Sergey Brin
December 6, 2012 JRS 43 Virgin Galactic
Sir Richard Branson (62)
Abu Dhabi Group invests 8/09 280M$ (32%)
Completed Captive- Carry Flight Test: 3/10
16 SS2 Glide and 15 Test Flights as of 2/12
Passenger Flights Free Flight Test: to begin: ~4Q13 10/10 December 6, 2012 JRS 44 q Blue Origin - Jeff Bezos (47) § Founder Amazon (at 30) § Founder Blue Origin (at 40)
Jeff Bezos (47)
New Shepard
Launch Escape Test 23 Oct. 2012
Test vehicle PM2 Lost control, crashed 8/11 December 6, 2012 JRS 45 q BSC Dream Chaser - Jim Benson § Founder CompuSearch (at 38) § Founder ImageFast (at 44) § Founder Space Development Corp (at 52) § Founder Benson Space Company (at 61)
Jim Benson (died at 63)
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser (Louisville, CO)
Dream Chaser purchased with SDC by Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) 8/12 Awarded 212.5 M$ from NASA Founders: Eren Ozmen, President /CFO; Fatih Ozmen, CEO Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) Program
December 6, 2012 JRS 46 q George French § Founder Space Explorers § Rocketplane § Kistler
George French
December 6, 2012 JRS 47 q XCOR’s Lynx Spaceplane Formed by former Rotary Rocket rocket engine development team § Carries: 1 pilot + 1 passenger +1 small sat or sci payload § SwRI books 6 flights (3/11) § 1 passenger +1 sci payload § 3 minutes of microgravity below 0.01 g § Initial flights 2013/14 § From Mojave Air and Spaceport
Orbital Mark 2 vehicle: µsat launch for ~1 M$
December 6, 2012 JRS 48 FAA Licensed q Alaska q California (3) q Florida (3) q Kwajalein Atoll q New Mexico - Spaceport America q Oklahoma Spaceport America - NM invests 200M$ in infrastructure q Virginia (2)
Proposed for FAA Licensing q Colorado (Spaceport Colorado), Hawaii, Indiana,
Wisconsin,Texas (2 private: Blue Origin, SpaceX) q Alabama, Wyoming (Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport)
International (proposed): Dubai, Singapore, etc December 6, 2012 JRS 49 q SpaceX - Elon Musk (41) § Co-Founder Zip2 (at 24) § Co-Founder PayPal (at 27) § Founder Space Exploration Technologies (at 31) § Co-Founder Tesla Motors (at 32) § Co-Founder Solar City (at 35)
Elon Musk 10/29/09 Tesla Gallery opened Boulder, CO
June 2010 9/28/08 7/14/09 4th Falcon 1 5th Falcon 1 Falcon 9 - First private - Launch of Kimbal CCAFS liquid rocket RazakSat Musk: Inaugural into orbit Launch
CEO, OneRiot Chef, Kitchen Restaurant
(Boulder, CO)
Dragon Capsule COTS Dragon Capsule December 6, 2012 JRS 50 Space X Falcon 9
Falcon 9 + Elon Musk Next – at CC ETR 6/10 Returnable 1st Stage
Falcon 9 Grasshopper Flight
9/21/12, 11/1/12
• Falcon 9 - Dec. 8, 2010 First Launch w/Dragon Capsule 2 orbits + splashdown - IRIDIUM Launcher 492 M$ deal 6.8 M$ per 800 kg sat (<4k$/lb) - NASA Commercial Resupply to ISS up to 1.6 B$$ deal Next - Manned - Oct 10, 2012 First Commercial Cargo Dock with ISS December 6, 2012 JRS 51
Space X Falcon HEAVY
Ready in 2012 First CC ETR Launch 2013/14
Advertised Price: 80M$-95M$
World’s Largest Launcher since Saturn 5 Twice Lift of Shuttle, Delta 4 or Atlas V Record low price/pound: < $1,000 per pound to LEO 4/12: Elon Musk says - SpaceX to build launch facility near Brownsville, TX - SpaceX MARS project: roundtrip ticket to Mars for 500k$ expect announcements less than a year December 6, 2012 JRS 52 Stratolaunch Systems
Development Costs: ~ $300 M
Paul Allen (59) Co-Founder
Burt Rutan (68) Co-Founder
SpaceX has just left the team Maybe Orbital
Solid 4-5 engines 9 engines
World’s Largest Wingspan
December 6, 2012 JRS 53 q Sierra Nevada Corp.’s DreamChaser 6 space business areas, 35 location, 16 states. 2k people HQ: Sparks, NV sncorp.com Eren Ozmen, President /CFO; Fatih Ozmen, CEO § 7 passenger, VTHL § 9m long, 7m wingspan
SNC DreamChaser (Louisville, CO)
December 6, 2012 JRS 54 q Orbital Technologies CSS § JV Announced 9/10 § Orbital Technologies + RSC Energia § Working with Space Adventures § Commercial Space Station (CSS) ~2016
Commercial Space Station (CSS)
www.orbitaltechnologies.ru
December 6, 2012 JRS 55 q Excalibur ALMAZ § Founded 2005 (Isle of Man) § ALMAZ derived Space Station and re-entry modules § Using existing Russian ALMAZ and TKS modules will have ‘largest wiondows on a spacecraft § Teamed with Space Launch Sevices § Purchasing SEA LAUNCH out of Bankruptcy 12.5 M$ in DIP financing 2010 12 M$ more DIP financing in 2011
ALMAZ ALMAZ
ALMAZ
December 6, 2012 JRS 56 q Orbital Science Corp’s Antares and Crew Vehicle Antares first Launch Dec. 2012 Cygnus unmanned COTS cargo vehicle first launch 4/13
Taurus
CYGNUS Cargo Capsule
10/1/11 Antares' first stage being rolled out at M-ARS (Wallops)
Orbital’s Antares (Wallops Island, VA)
4/11 Stopped developing a commercial crew vehicle
December 6, 2012 JRS 57 § Bigelow Aerospace Corp.- Bob Bigelow (57) § 180 M$ invested by 2010 ( up to 500M$ to 2015) § Sundancer to launch on Falcon 9 ~2014 § 3 person space station module § NASA negotiating purchase of B.E.A.M. for ISS 2/11
Bigelow Expandablle Activities Module (BEAM)
Sundancer to launch 2014 Genesis 2 Launched 6/07 on Dnepr
Genesis 1
Launched 7/06 on Dnepr (SS-18)
December 6, 2012 JRS 58 RP Space Plane: X-37B (OTV-1)
• New Rapid Turn-around Reusable RP Space Plane • 9 month on-orbit capability • 2 week turn around • Pick-up bed-size cargo bay
OTV-1 2 several hundred kg satellites First Launch 4/22/10
OTV-1 OTV-1 First Landing 12/7/10 First Launch 4/22/10 OTV-1 Landing 12/7/10
December 6, 2012 JRS 59 RP Space Plane: X-37B (OTV-2 and 3)
OTV-2 First Launch 3/5/11!
OTV-2 ! First Landing 6/16/12!
OTV-2 ! First Launch 3/5/11! First Launch OTV-3! 12/11/12! X-37C started 2011 - 165%/180% bigger - 6 astronauts December 6, 2012 JRS 60 q SpaceX - Elon Musk (41) In-Situ Mars Production of METHANE FUEL: § Mars landing: 500 k$ per seat roundtrip § Refuel at Mars, Fully reusable spacecraft § Elon (4/12): “expect to hear more about the plan in less than a year”
METHANE FUEL: hydrolysis of water by electricity to create hydrogen and the addition of carbon dioxide CO2 (Sabatier process) to create methane. CO2 + 4H2 → CH4 + 2H2O
Elon: Reusable Mars Transfer Vehicles Mars Methane Fuel Production First landing in 10-15 years 500 k$ roundtrip ticket price R/T: 180d + 600d + 180d 80,000 person permanent Mars Colony
Another: Dutch Mars One http://mars-one.com/en/ - one way starting 2023 - no billionaires December 6, 2012 JRS 61 q Planetary Resources Inc § Founders: Peter Diamandis (51), Eric Anderson (38)
§ Investors: Larry Page (38), Charles Simonyi (38), Ross Perot, Jr. (54) § Formed as Arkyd Astronautics 11/10 Acquired and Renamed PRI/ 4/12
December 6, 2012 JRS 62 December 6, 2012 JRS 63 q Many Space Companies in Boulder Area (partial list):
§ ABSL Space Products 2602 Clover Basin Drive, Suite D, Longmont, CO 80503, (303) 848 8081 § Altius Space Machines (ASM) 511 E. South Boulder Road, Louisville, CO 800271, (303) 827-1574 § Ball Aerospace & Technologies 1600 Commerce Street, Boulder, CO 80301, (303) 939-6100 § DigitalGlobe, 1601 Dry Creek Drive, Suite 260, Longmont, CO 80503, (303) 684.4561 § Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) 1234 Innovation Drive, Boulder, CO 80303, (303) 492-6412 § National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80305, (303) 497-4600 § Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) 1722 Boxelder Street, Suite 102, Louisville, CO 80027, (303) 530.1925 § Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) 1050 Walnut St, Suite 300 Boulder, CO 80302, (303) 546-9670 § Space Science Institute (SSI) 4750 Walnut Street, Suite 205, Boulder, CO 80301 (720) 974-5888
q Many More Space Companies around Front Range Area www.denverchamber.org/Page/csc, www.manta.com/mb_43_G0_06/aerospace/colorado www.spacecolorado.org, www.metrodenver.org/industries-companies/industries/aerospace.html www.metrodenver.org/files/documents/news-center/research-reports/_Aerospace2012_.pdf
December 6, 2012 JRS 64 About the Author:
q Dr. James R. Stuart is an independent, internationally recognized consultant specializing in the development of new technologies, advanced systems and commercial businesses, an inventor, an author and a serial entrepreneur. He has consulted to over 110 companies in 12 countries in the past 35 years. Dr. Stuart holds 20 patents in space vehicles design, satellite telecommunications, launchers, personal computing, wireless communications, digital rights management and RFID’s (another 5 are pending). He is currently a Board Director of 4 entrepreneurial, high-technology companies, and a Director of 2 civic and non-profits. He has been a Board Director of 39 companies and an Advisory Board member of 18 companies. Dr. Stuart has been a professional expert witness in 4 major space industry litigations.
q Dr. Stuart is currently CEO of Space Tug Corp. (developing commercial nuclear-powered space vehicles). He has held positions as the CEO of IOSTAR Corp. in Salt Lake City, UT, the CEO of SkyVault Secure Digital Distribution, Inc. in Carmel, CA, the CEO and President of Kitcomm Satellite Communications Ltd. in Hamilton, Bermuda, as the Vice President and Chief Architect of Teledesic Corp. in Bellevue, WA ($15 billion satellite broadband venture by Craig McCaw and Bill Gates), and as the Chief Scientist and the Chief Engineer at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, CO. He was previously the founding Chief Engineer of Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB: NYSE), the Assistant Laboratory Director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), and the Development and Flight Programs Manager at NASA CalTech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of both the Solar Mesosphere Explorer Mission (launched 1981) and the Mars Observer Mission (launched 1992). q Dr. Stuart was a member of three graduate engineering faculties of the University of Colorado at Boulder for 19 years, in the Electrical Engineering, the Telecommunications and the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Departments. He has been a regular lecturer at various universities, including the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the Naval Postgraduate School. He received his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering (1979), M.S. in Operations Research (1977), and M.S. in Electrical Engineering (1974) from the University of Southern California, and his B.S. in Physics (1968) from the University of Washington.
q Dr. Stuart has received numerous professional awards, including NASA's Exceptional Service Medal for his project management of JPL’s Solar Mesosphere Explorer Project. He has been listed in Via Satellite's "Top 100 Executives in the Satellite Communications Industry". He has presented invited technical lectures in 13 countries. He was the author of a graduate engineering, two-volume text entitled Satellite Communications Systems, co-author of Telecommunications: An Interdisciplinary Text, and has published over 170 professional papers.
December 6, 2012 JRS 65