The Space Congress® Proceedings 2004 (41st) Space Congress Proceedings Apr 28th, 8:00 AM Panel Session V - X-Prize & Zero-G Briefing ot the 4F1 Space Congress Peter Diamandis Chairman, X-Prize Foundation Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-proceedings Scholarly Commons Citation Diamandis, Peter, "Panel Session V - X-Prize & Zero-G Briefing ot the 4F1 Space Congress" (2004). The Space Congress® Proceedings. 1. https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-proceedings/proceedings-2004-41st/april-28/1 This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Conferences at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Space Congress® Proceedings by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. X PRIZE & ZERO-G Briefing to the WHAT IS THE X PRIZE1 41st Space Congress 1' R I l f An international competition that will award a $10 Million cash prize to the first team to: - Privately finance, build & launch a ship - Carry 3 people to 62 miles (100 km) - Two flights within 2 weeks (same ship) Dr. Peter H. Diamandis The X PRIZE is: Chairnian/CEO - The largest cash prize ever; [email protected] - The NASCAR of space; Tel: 3 10-399-1976 Speed, innovation, performance; and, Tel: 3 14-533-2002 - A high profile, global event. www.xprize.oro - The Ultimate drama ... APRIL 2004 Aviation History 1927 Orteig Prize: New York - Paris . t- . I :-:. L..- 1903 - 1908 - Wright Brothers Flew in 1903 • 1919 011eig puts up a $25,000 challenge. - By 1908 Only ten pilots had flown • 9 Teams register to compete 1909-1912 • They spend $400,000 to win the prize - Diverse concepts tried, 'nonsense' became 'breakthroughs' • Underdog, 25 year old Lindbergh wins! - Entrepreneurs drove development • 30x increase in passenger traffic - Belief, in 1909: "I can do that." • 4x aircraft ... 3x pilots ... - Thousands of pilots were trained - Hundreds of aircraft types in 31 countries • Aviation Stocks skyrocket! - Not risk adverse • 35 of first 1000 pilots died in accidents (3.5%) - 50 M$ industry in Europe (nearly a billion yr2003$) - More than 40 cash prizes, some for "impossible feats" - Major Air shows k:;;( ;, ! r::J - Applications, and safety came later ~~Y Presented by Champ Car X PRIZE MEDIA REPORl ' -~ I / I . Total Print Impressions: X PRIZE Print May'96-Jan'04 >2.0 Billion Impressions Newspaper articles ... 4,000 I.SB Radio shows ... 300 1997-2003 Magazine articles .. 250 TV appearances .. 150 25 ?SOM ---- - - - Documentaries .. 2000 2001 2002 2003 63 Numerous studies have sought to forecast or >20 TEAMS FROM 7 COUNTRIE~ -- measure market demand for space tourism SPACE TOURISM MARKET ELASTICITY Including implied trends 100,000,000 ~ ' : VTioo Fligh• Study Name 10,000,000 Slop<·m'""'J "' "' ~ '~~ I COLLll'\S-GLODAL EQ. 1t YAl'\KELOVICI I A'='""''"h<d om"I · ~1--- S. ABITZSQI ,, rEl\"l'\ lllGll ~ 1.000.000 r- ~ ::g -r... '1 _.~.... _, ...; ..:; .......-- ~c:1: l\.dly Sur. ·t'~ ~c.- . ... - 1 '~\'.__; · ~ - ; ~ ·-~ .. 100,000 ..,., ----+1----r--~-~-.;;-~~ ·- ;:: I ~ ' t.' ~',· ',-=-." ·,··~ ...._"' ...-- J~-~, I a CSTS STIIDY-MEDlllt.I • CSTSSTUOY-LOW 10 . 000 ,,-,----+-----------~>--::.._-- '""1 "".._- .- I •.._ KELLY(Avc:2020-20J01 ... ... °" TIT0 10MIRt,OOl1 ,...,, ---. Source: Ivan Bekey ... - ~ 1,000 .... Armadillo Aerospace >20 teams, from 7 countries, have thus far registered to compete. More teams win the coveted X PRIZE. Annual number of passengers are expected. Each team is spending $2M - $20M to The daVinci Project Canadian Arrow Canada Canada LAUNCH METHOD: Rocket is tethered.to a LAUNCH METHOD: Vertical takeoff from coastal launch site balloon and launched from 80,000 ft altitude PROPULSION: First Stage: Alcohol and liquid rocket engine PROPULSION: Liquid oxygen/kerosene rocket Second Stage: Solid Rocket Propulsion system LANDING METHOD: Parachute Landing RECOVERY: High drag re-entry ballute and parachute combined with inflatable airbag Geoff Sheerin -­ Team Leader Vehicle in Prototype Completed in Feb 2001. Rockefeller Center Team Leader: Brian Feeney NYC-Good rocket motor tests completed in 2002. ======='-"===== Pablo Deleon & Associates Starchaser Industries. Ltd. ?i~ Argentina United Kingdom Ir I LAUNCH METHOD: Rocket Powered Vertical Takeoff LAUNCH METHOD: Vertical launch PROPULSION: Hybrid Rocket Motors PROPULSION: Hybrid (Liquid/solid) rockets LANDING METHOD: Parachute LANDING METHOD: Parachute landing system Clean room Ops Testing Space Suit Scale Capsule drop test from 96,000 feet Team Leader: Steve Bennett Britain's #1 Rocket Developer 64 Scaled Composites, Inc.~~ Armadillo Aerospace ?~ California, USA II ~ " 'K f 1 I. ' Dallas, Texas, USA /I~ LAUNCH METHOD: Runway & air launch PROPULSION: Hybrid - N202 Engine LAUNCH METHOD: Vertical Takeoff PROPULSION: Hydrogen Peroxide Engines Software Guru, creator of Quake and Doom leads technical design and funding of Armadillo. ·- Additional SS 1 Images Additional SS 1 Images :•;., I .'.!. ' What is the X PRIZE CUP? )(_What is the X PRIZE CUP? ' • ~~ ;. / • After the X PRIZE is won .. • Each year, X PRIZE Teams from around the World are invited to a single location to race and set new records. During a 14 day period, teams launch as often as they can ... Teams are scored in 5 categories: Category I: Tum Arow1d Time Category 2: Max PAX Category 3: Total PAX Category 4: Max Altitude Category 5: Fastest Flight Time X PRIZE Follow-On: High visibility, high revenue, & high value. Combined Category Score = X PRIZE CUP Champion Benefiting teams and spaceports, involving the public 65 X. X PRIZE CUP VENUE - RFP 7. I" X PRIZE has issued an RFP to U.S. spaceports. • Four spaceports have provided proposals: California • Florida ~FLORIDA ·New Mexico ~NEWMEXICO Oklahoma • One Location will be selected by May'04 First CUP planned for Summer 2005 (exhibition) & 2006 (competition) ZERO GRAVITY CORPORATIO!i 2708 :v• Street· Suite No. 5 • S.nta Mon; ca. CA 90405 . ·Pb:.(a10) 399..1976",Fax: {775) 9"2-3544 • WWW..U:<ogcOIJ>."°"1 " Company Overview Executive Managemen ZERO-G management includes a world-class team of professionals An overnight success after 11 years of hard work... from NASA, the FAA, and executives from the aerospace, tourism and educational arenas. Peter H. Diamandis ZERO-G has already obtained Patents (#5,971,319), Chairman/CEO & Founder Trademarks and FAA Supplemental Type Certificates B.S., M.S., M.l.T., Aerospace Engineering. M.D., Harvard Medical School (#ST01051LA) to protect its leadership position. Founder, Managing Director, lnt'I Space University Chairman & President, X PRIZE Foundation Co-Founder, Space Adventures. ZERO-G's goal: Make the Byron K. Lichtenberg excitement and unique President & Founder environment of space B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Brown University accessible to the general M.S. ScD,Bio/ Mechanical Engineering , M.l.T. public and the commercial Space Shuttle Astronaut: STS-9; STS-45 3000 hrs in military jets; 8,000+ hrs in 737 type rating marketplace in a safe and Pilot for major U.S. Airlines cost-effective fashion . Founder, President, Payload Systems, Inc. Key Management, Parabolic Directors & Advisors (Zero-G) Flight :,. Rick Searfoss - (VP) - NASA Shuttle Only method to create Commander and Pilot. Airforce test pilot. Motivational speaker. weightlessness on Earth. ,_ Alan Ladwig - (COO)- Previous NASA Associate Administrator of Policy & Plans. • 25-30 seconds of zero gravity during each parabola. , Noah McMahon - Chief Marketing Officer Rick Searfoss McDowell >- Robert Ward - Director, Aircraft Operations • NASA has flown over 140,000 :;.. Mike McDowell - (Director) - Co-Founder, parabolas over the past 30 Space Adventures; Quark Expeditions. Leading years without incident. adventure travel entrepreneur. :,.. Gloria Bohan- President, Omega World Travel a • NASA uses a 45 year old Air $500M/year leisure travel company. Force KC-135 aircraft. :;.. Ted Ellett - Hogan & Hartson, FAA General Council under President Reagan & Bush. Ladwig • Before ZERO-G, parabolic ,_ Astronaut Advisors - ZERO-G has numerous experiences were not available Astronaut Advisors who will fly with the Customers. to the General Public in the U.S. 66 ZERO-G's Boeing 727 Mechanical STC #ST01051LP ZERO-G was required by the FAA to demonstrate the nomial operations of every subsystem. or to modi fy systems fo r norm al ops in parabolic fli ght. ZERO-G conducted extensive engin eering and verificati on work. including the creati on of a 60.000 node FEM (Finite Element Model) in conjunction with strain-gauge measurements during fli ghts. The fo ll owin g systems were tested in fli ght and data obtained to demonstrate nonna I operations: - Fuel System and fu el procedures - JTSD En gin es Aircraft mods have been approved by FAA - Constant Speed Drives Same body size as NASA's Parabolic aircraft. - Air Cycle Mac hines Structures Analysis • B-727 offers a better quality parabola than NASA's aircraft. - Flight Operations Procedures • Large fleet of 727 and easy access to maintenance facilities The fo llowing modifications were made as pa n of the offers high assurance of aircraft availability. '"Mechani cal STC" to a ll ow fo r safe operati ons durin g fli ght: - Avioni cs/Gauges Operated under Part-121 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, - Hydraulic System the highest standard for aircraft safety. - Continued Airwonhiness Program - Approved interior Interior AMERIJET INT'L Configuration AIRLINES ZERO-G has selected Amerijet lnt'I Airlines, a Florida-based, Part-121 Boeing 727-200 operators.