COMSTAC

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Spaceport Development at Kennedy Space Center
COMSTAC Launch Operations Support Working Group
October 24, 2006 Jim Ball Spaceport Development
Manager NASA Kennedy Space Center
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Spaceport Development at Kennedy Space Center

• Enabling commercial spaceflight and
  specialized
• aviation uses of the Shuttle Landing Facility
• Developing Exploration Park a technology
  and
• commerce park facilitating commercial operations
• Supporting Commercial Orbital Transportation
  Services
• Evolving a more capable, mixed use spaceport
• supporting NASAs mission and commercial space
• industry operations

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SLF Expanded Access Pilot Program FY
2006 Demonstrating Commercial Use
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Enabling Commercial Spaceflight and Specialized
Aviation Activities for FY 2007
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Environmental Assessment of Commercial
Spaceflight, Special Purpose Aviation, and other
Uses, 2008-2018
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Preliminary site options for assessing expanded
support infrastructure
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SLF Environmental Assessment

• NASA is seeking industry information by
  December 1 to support understanding of flight
  systems and operating concepts
• KSC will tier off FAA Programmatic EIS for
  horizontal
• launch and re-entry systems
• Alternatives will assume common portfolio of
  flight uses,
• differ by support infrastructure and flight rates
  
• Assessment to be completed by mid 2007

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Other Enabling Activities

• Interagency agreement for commercial user
  support with Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority
• Restructure of how NASA will obtain airfield
  services support in 2008 and beyond
• Working with new Space Florida organization
  and others to evaluate how to fund improvements
• Developing approaches to user pricing and
  support
• arrangements

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EXPLORATION PARK at Kennedy Space Center
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EXPLORATION PARK at Kennedy Space Center

• A 320-acre technology and commerce park to
• Enable and grow private
• sector participation in space
• exploration
• Support commercial space
• transportation
• Promote commercial
• development of technology
• for use in space and on
• earth

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What Exploration Park Offers Commercial Space
Industry

• Commercially-developed and operated
  sites/facilities
• close to NASA, Air Force, and industry launch
  complexes
• Convenient links to sea, air, land, and space
• Sites to own or lease manufacturing,
  assembly,
• processing, or administrative/support service
  facilities
• Opportunities for access to spaceport
  facilities, technical
• capabilities, skilled workforce, applied
  technologies
• 24/7 access to a site abutting spaceports
  controlled
• access area with anticipated inclusion in FTZ 136

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KSC and Surrounding Environment
KSC Shuttle Runway
Atlantic Ocean
City of Titusville
KSC Industrial Area
Indian River Lagoon
Space Coast Regional Airport
Exploration Park
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
North Merritt Island
Port Canaveral
City of Cape Canaveral
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Status of Exploration Park Project

• RFP for private sector Master Developer was
  issued
• Sept. 1, initial responses have been received
• NASA solicitation for expressions of tenant
  interest
• issued Sept. 27, responses requested by Nov. 9
• NASA anticipates selecting Master Developer
  by end of
• Feb. 2007 and availability of sites and space as
• early as mid 2009

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A More Capable, Mixed Use Spaceport

• Additional KSC Spaceport Development
  initiatives seek
• to expand the KSC user base to achieve a more
• capable and efficient spaceport supporting mixed
  use by
• government and industry
• - More efficient support services
• - Identification of available underutilized
  assets and
• development of market-based pricing structure
• - Evaluation of opportunities for on-site
  production of
• commodities
• - Evaluation of opportunities for increased
  reliance on
• commercially available services