International Update International Astronautical Federation, Commercial Spaceflight Safety Committee

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International UpdateInternational
Astronautical Federation,Commercial Spaceflight
Safety Committee
Presentation to COMSTAC RLV Working Group John
Sloan, Megan Mitchell Federal Aviation
Administration Office of Commercial Space
Transportation (AST) October 6, 2010
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IAF and IAC

• The International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
• International non-governmental and non-profit
  organization founded in 1951.
• Encourages the advancement of knowledge about
  space and the development and application of
  space assets for the benefit of humanity.
• 200 members from 153 countries and 23 Technical
  Committees
• The International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
• Annual conference sponsored by IAF, International
  Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and International
  Institute of Space Law (IISL).
• Around 3,000 people attended the 2010 Congress

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Commercial Spaceflight Safety Committee

• FAA/AST formed the Commercial Spaceflight Safety
  Committee in 2008.
• The purpose of the committee is to identify and
  discuss issues on safety and regulations related
  to international commercial space transportation
• Goal is to exchange information between
  international participants and discuss safety and
  regulatory policy issues related to commercial
  robit and human spaceflight.
• Not to create regulations or standards
• Chair FAA/AST
• Co-Chairs are Spaceport Sweden and Virgin
  Galactic
• There are approximately 50 members on the
  committee

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Meetings

• First committee meeting at IAC in Daejeon, South
  Korea October 2009
• Second meeting at annual IAF planning meeting in
  Paris, France March 2010
• Third meeting at IAC in Prague, Czech Republic
  October 2010
• 23 attendees from 18 different organizations
  (commercial, government, academia)
• Committee website
• http//www.iafastro.org/index.php?id1015

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Highlights of the October 2010 Committee Meeting

• Each member provided a three minute summary of
  top issues facing their organization or the
  commercial spaceflight community.
• Initial themes for future papers and workshops
• Which air or space regulations apply and who
  applies them
• Space and air traffic management
• Spaceports
• Reentry issues and point to point travel.
• Add medical issues related to safety if no
  conflict with other committees.
• The committee agreed not to tackle environmental
  and technology export issues (such as ITAR).

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Highlights (continued)

• Explore development of two workshops on legal
  issues
• To be held in 2011 outside of the IAC
• Identify and understand potential international
  legal issues for commercial spaceports and
  vehicle operators
• To increase attendence, the committee plans one
  workshop in North America and one in Europe
• Leading potential candidates are
• February 9-10, 2011 FAA Commercial Space
  Transportation Conference in Washington, DC
• May 28-30, 2011 2nd International IAA Symposium
  on Private Human Access to Space in Arcachon,
  France
• Naples 2012 IAC
• Committee agreed to develop a joint session with
  the International Institute of Space Law (IISL)

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Commercial Human Spaceflight Panel Session
October 1, 2010

• Joint Panel session with Space Transportation
  Solutions and Innovations Committee
• Approximately 70 people in attendance
• Co-Chair Doug Stanley, Georgia Institute of
  Technology
• Co-Chair John Sloan, FAA/AST
• Papers presented by Orbital Sciences, Rocketplane
  Global, FAA, Spaceport Sweden, EADS, UK Space
  Agency, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
• One-hour interactive panel session with paper
  presenters
• Questions regarding certification versus
  licensing regime, point to point travel, human
  spaceflight safety, spaceports, legal and
  insurance issues.

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Call for Papers for IAC Cape Town October 3-7,
2011

• The IAF awarded the Commercial Spaceflight Safety
  Committee its own session for 2011
• Session D6.1 Commercial Spaceflight Safety Issues
  
• Discuss emerging issues in
• Commercial spaceflight safety
• Spaceports and orbital and suborbital space
  transportation
• Regulations, policy, interoperability, case
  studies, lessons learned
• Other safety issues for commercially operated
  space transportation
• Joint session with the Space Transportation
  Solutions and Innovations Committee (same as 2010
  joint panel)
• Private Human Access to Space Suborbital and
  Orbital Missions (Session D2.9)
• The deadline for abstracts is March 2, 2011
• For more information see
• http//www.iafastro.org
• 2011Congress www.iac2011.com

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2010 National Space Policy

• International Cooperation section
• and promote U.S. commercial space regulations
  and encourage interoperability with these
  regulations.
• Commercial Space Guidelines section Definition
• The term commercial, for the purpose of this
  policy, refers to space goods, services, or
  activities provided by private sector enterprises
  that bear a reasonable portion of the investment
  risk and responsibility for the activity, operate
  in accordance with typical market-based
  incentives for controlling cost and optimizing
  return on investment, and have the legal capacity
  to offer these goods or services to existing or
  potential nongovernmental customers.

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Contact

• FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
  (AST)
• Room 325, 800 Independence Ave, SW
• Washington, DC 20591
• http//www.faa.gov/go/ast
• John Sloan
• Program Lead for International Outreach
• [phone]
• john.sloan_at_faa.gov
• Megan Mitchell
• International Program Specialist
• [phone]
• megan.mitchell_at_faa.gov
• Commercial Spaceflight Safety Committee
• http//www.iafastro.org/index.php?id1015

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