Introduction to the Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation

Paper number

IAC-11,E6,1,4,x9786

Author

Mr. Ken Davidian, Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST), United States

Coauthor

Dr. Patricia Watts, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), United States

Year

2011

Abstract

Between August 2009 and September 2010, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a competitive selection process with the purpose of establishing a Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation (COE CST). The purpose of the COE CST is to help the Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) execute its dual mission  through a dedicated university research program.

This paper includes the following major sections:

\begin{itemize}\item An overview of the FAA COE program and the AST COE CST.
 
\item A description of the competitive selection process and results.

\item An introduction to the nine COE CST member universities and an overview of their organizational relationship to AST.

\item A description of the structure of the research activity areas, including examples of research tasks being undertaken during the first year of COE CST operation in each of the four main research areas.

\item A discussion of opportunities for the participation of non-U.S. organizations in the COE CST.\end{itemize}

Abstract document

IAC-11,E6,1,4,x9786.brief.pdf

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