ACES Commercial Space Opportunities Forum

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ACES
CommercialSpaceOpportunitiesForum
ACES Commercial Space Opportunities
Forum Mountain View, CA ? October 5 - 7, 2005
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Scenarios The Future of Space CommerceSummary
of Space Commerce ScenariosGetting a Space-Based
Product to MarketCommercial Space Opportunities
Advocacy and Promotion The
Business ModelEnabling Commercial
SpaceCommunicating with The GovernmentBiotechnol
ogy Crystallography Action PlanEnabling
Low-Cost Access to SpaceOther Space
OpportunitiesResponse for Brant SponbergFair
Broker Action PlanNext Steps
Commercial Opportunities Space Forum
A Summary and Synthesis of the Mountain View
Workshop October 5 - 7, 2005
Table of Contents
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The following matrices represent some of the
major factors necessary for commercial space to
become a reality. Each matrix includes an axis
representing the key/critical factors and the
highly uncertain areas.
The Future of Space Commerce
Low Private Commitment
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The Future of Space Commerce
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The Future of Space Commerce
Scenario Summary
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Getting A Space-Based Product to Market
Biotech Crystallography As A Commercial Product
It is expected that a biotech product can be
produced in space that far outperforms anything
created on earth. The additional bonus fewer
side effects, greatly reduced time to design,
test and get products approved.
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Commercial Space Opportunities Advocacy and
Promotion

• Issues
• Funding support for CSO forum
• NASA and/or DOC roles
• Complimentary domain definition with NASA and CSOF

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The Business Model - Critical Success Factors
Independent Verification and Review - Business
Technical
I.P.
Allies
Create Mind Map
Business Plan
Commercial Space Industry
Series of Small Successes Milestones
Document Existing Successes
Marketing -- WIIFM
Seed Funding
Biologists - Implementation of Commercial Space
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Enabling Commercial Space Communicating With The
Government
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Biotechnology Crystallography Action Plan

• What do we study?
• All mid-deck size space cultures
• Conifer cells
• Vaccines antibiotic development
• Antibiotic production
• Counter-measures for disease
• Chemotherapeutics
• Tissue replacements
• Regenerative medicine
• Sensors
• Stem cells
• Extra corporeal organ support

Supply Acquire Appropriate Access to
Space Return Suppliers
Demand Define Customers for Product Define
Market Size

• Major Growth Area
• 1 out of 7 healthcare dollars in U.S. is spent on
  diabetes-related issues
• 75 of cardiovascular disease, blindness/sight
  issues, loss of limbs, and dialysis is caused by
  diabetes

Proof of Concept
Insurance
Define Requirements
Define Product(s)
Legal
order of events...
Business Plan (Marketing)
Partners
Execute Product Development
Marketing Raise Seed Money
Sell Lots of Stuff
IP
Find Money
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Other Space Opportunities
1 - Tourism 2 - Energy Provider 3 - Resource
Utilization 4 - On Orbit Servicing (e.g.
satellites) 5 - Debris Waste Management 6 -
Propellant Fuel Services 7 - Space Asset
Assembly, O - G Facility 8 - In Space
Transportation Local Space Taxi, Cargo Hauling
Services 9 - Space Port Authority 10 - Sports and
Entertainment
Potential Other Space Industries
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Response for Brant Sponberg

• 3 - 5 Minutes of Microgravity Is Worth Pursuing.
• Suborbital flights of short duration are of real
  value to the Scientific community, but not for
  the Biotech community. Data can be collected and
  techniques tested that can then be applied to
  experiments on Earth and for future flights.
• Space experience at a low cost is very valuable.
• Vehicle-Specific Microgravity Data Should Be
  Published
• Publish and share data with the interested
  communities.
• Dont publish or share data if it could
  potentially put one or more companies out of
  business.
• The Selection and Process Criteria Could Be
• 1. RfI and contract process
• 2. Lottery
• Auction
• Fair Broker
• Evangelizes program with the private sector
• Advocates commercial approach to NASA
• Develops selection criteria
• Develops structure for RFI and arrangements for
  opportunity

• Launch Vehicles
• Should be selected competitively. Dont want to
  drive competitors out of the market and only have
  one company making launch vehicles

• Payloads
• NASA only concerned with safety issues. No
  judgments about what goes up
• No peer review to decide what goes up. Needs to
  be based on capitalist principles
• Need common Bus to make it easy to resend
  payloads and minimize costs

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Fair Broker Action Plan
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High-Level Next Steps