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Launch Services for the Moon

Dr. Melissa Sampson XEUS Program Manager United Launch Alliance Oct. 2017 Copyright © 2017 United Launch Alliance, LLC. Unpublished Work. All Rights Reserved. One at a Time… 121! 100% Mission Success

October 2017 | 1 CisLunar 1000 Vision

October 2017 | 2 CisLunar 1000 Vision

October 2017 | 3 Video on Cis-lunar Commercialization

Copyright © 2014 United Launch Alliance, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of NASA ACES – Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage

 New Mission Capability • Weeks Duration • Many Engine Burns • Increased Mission Flexibility

 Affordable • Atlas 541 performance for less than $100M

 Integrated Vehicle Fluids & Cryogenics • Utilizing “waste” propellants to power subsystems  Power ―> No Main batteries  Reaction control ―> No Hydrazine  Pressurization ―> No Helium

ACES is Key to Opening CisLunar Highway

October 2017 | 5 XEUS Large Scale Lunar Lander

 ULA’s interests include lunar surface access

 ACES + Mission Kit • LH2/LO2 Thruster • Landing GN&C • Landing struts

XEUS Cargo Ascender or Cargo Module ACES and its XEUS variant can be the Cornerstone of

October 2017 | 6 Reusable CisLunar Transportation Lunar Surface Cargo Evolution Distributed Launch

4) Lunar Orbit Insertion And Descent

1) Launch 2) Refuel ACES 5) XEUS Terminal Descent

3) Trans-Lunar Injection

ACES & Propellant Tank ACES/XEUS & Payload

Propellant Transfer

• 12mT to the Lunar Surface

October 2017 | 7 Lunar Propellant Mining Business Case

 Lunar sourcing of propellant may close a business case • If lunar propellant can be purchased in LEO for less than Earth launch

Based on propellant at mixture ratio of 5.5 Water mined 1,575 mT/yr 525 mT/yr excess oxygen Lunar propellant produced 1,050 mT/yr Based on ACES/XEUS transport from moon to LEO

Propellant delivered to LEO 210 mT/yr Existing ULA demand Based on cost to transport to LEO Price at the moon $0.5M/mT Aerobraking could increase affordability by 2-3X Price in LEO $3M/mT Required to close business case

Total annual revenue $630m/yr

Affordable non-recurring cost $3.5B Total investment: development + delivery

October 2017 | 8 Launch Services for CisLunar Economy

 ULA ready to support the CisLunar economy with launch services and commercial synergies

 XEUS provides lunar cargo deliveries, building on ACES’ revolutionary capabilities • IVF is a Revolutionary New Capability  Enables Long Duration & New Space Activities

 Enables Science, Prospecting, Mining, Manufacturing, etc.

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Courtesy of NASA Beyond Earth Orbit Economy Asteroids

Earth Syn (GEO)

Low Earth

Transportation Lunar Surface Node

Low Earth Orbit Earth Synchronous Orbit High Earth Orbit Lunar Surface ISS Observation Science / Astronomy Science/ Astronomy Remote Sensing Communication Communication Link • Lunar Commercial Station Space Control Way Station • Observatory Communication Debris Mitigation Propellant Depots Human Outpost Space Control Space Solar Power Repair Station Tourism Debris mitigation Repair Station Lunar Solar Power Sat Mining Science Satellite Life extension Manufacturing • Oxygen/Water • Regolith R&D Harvesting Planetary Defense • Rare Earth Elements Tourism • HE3 Manufacturing Manufacturing Propellant Transfer Existing market \ Emerging market \ Future market Fuel Depots Data Servers Solar Power to Earth

October 2017 | 11 The Economy Has Numerous Elements The CisLunar Marketplace

 100 Year Starship  Colorado University Boulder  Jet Propulsion Laboratory  Planet Labs  490 Bio Tech Inc  Commercial Space Flight Federation  Kelso Aerospace   Accion Systems   Little Prairie Services  PoliSpace  ACME Advanced Materials, Inc  Deep Space Systems  Lockheed Martin  Poulos Air & Space  Aerospace Medical Association  Agile Aero  Deltion Innovations  Lunar and Planetary Institute  Purdue University  AIAA  DexMat Inc  Made In Space  Quilty Analytics  AIAA Rocky Mountain Sector  Draper Laboratory  Mankins  Rice Univ. Space Institute  Air Force College  Edge of Space Partner  ManSat  RRE Ventures  Alpha Space  ALS (Adaptive Launch Solutions)  Effective Space  Mars Interstellar  Satellite Applications Catapult  Andrew Aldrin  Eli Lilly and Company  Masten Space Systems  Schafer Corporation  Angelus Funding  Embry Riddle Aeronautical Univ.  MD Anderson Cancer Center  Secure World Foundation  Arconic  EOS of North America, Inc.  Merck Research Laboratories  Shakelton Energy  Asia Pacific Aerospace Consultants  Assn of Manufacturing Technology  EWI  Metro Denver Econ. Dev’t Corp.  Shell Exploration and Production Company  Astrobotics  Excaliber Almaz  micro-gRx  Sierra Nevada  Axiom  FAA/AST  MOOG broad Reach  Silicon Valley Space Center  AxoSim Technologies  Family Office Venture Capital  Moon Express  SouthWest Analytic Network, Inc.  Ball Aerospace  Bank of America Merrill Lynch  FedEx  Nano Racks  Space Angels  Barclays  Fiber Materials Inc  NASA Ames  Space Florida  Bessemer Venture Partners  Final Frontier Design  NASA HQ  Space Foundation  Bigelow  Finance Technology Leverage  NASA Johnson Space Center  Space Frontier Foundation  BioSpace Experiments, Inc.  Black Sky  Florida Institute of Technology  NASA Marshall  Space Mining Coalition   FOMS Inc  NASA STMD  Space Policy  Boeing  Fort Wayne Metals  National Space Biomedical Research Institute  Space Systems Loral  Buzz Aldrin Space  GE Oil & Gas  National Space Society  Society  Caelus Partners  CalTech  GHO Ventures, LLC  Naval Research Labs  SpaceCom  CASI  Google  Near Earth LLC  Spacepharma  Chandah Space Technologies  Greenfield Resources  New Mexico State University  Surrey Satellite Technology  Coalition for Deep Space Exploration  Heinlein Prize Trust  NY Center for Space Entrepreneurship  Tau Zero Foundation  CO Office of Economic Dev’t & Int’l Trade  Colorado School of Mines  Henry Ford Health System  NewSpace NYC  Tethers Unlimited/Spiderfab  Houston Angel Network  Northrop Grumman  TransAstra  Humanity Innovation Labs  Oceaneering  TYVAK  ID Global Partners  Oceanit  United Launch Alliance  Immortal Data Incorporated  Offworld Consortium  University of Houston  Innovation Labs  Offworld Industries  Urthcast  Intuitive Machines  Orbital ATK   Iridium  OSD & Virginia Spaceflight Authority  Vulcan Aerospace  iSpace  OSD/NA  Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc. - XISP-Inc.  JACQ Technologies  Perella Weinberg Partners  JesTech

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