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    Title

    Commercial Spaceflight Safety and Emerging Issues

    type

    oral

    Description

    Discussion of emerging issues in commercial spaceflight safety for spaceports and orbital and suborbital space transportation. Includes regulations, policy, interoperability, case studies, lessons learned and other safety issues for commercially operated space transportation.

    Date

    2011-10-04

    Time

    10:00

    Room

    TS-03

    IPC members
    • Chairman: Mr. John Sloan, Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST), United States;

    • Chairman: Mr. Mattias Abrahamsson, Swedish Space Corporation, Sweden;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Julia Tizard, Virgin Galactic, United Kingdom;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    [Invited Keynote] Continual Improvement of FAA Commercial Space Transportation Safety Regulations

    20

    confirmed

    Dr. George Nield

    Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST)

    United States

    2

    Risk Hazard Analysis for Commercial Spaceflight Activities Using Range Safety Template Toolkit

    20

    confirmed

    Mr. Michael Brett

    Shoal Group

    Australia

    3

    A tale of two fora: A study of liability limitation and damages for spaceflight participants in two jurisdictions

    20

    withdrawn

    Prof. Diane Howard

    McGill University

    United States

    4

    Safety and Human Spaceflight: A Comparison of Various Approaches to Establishing Safety Requirements

    20

    withdrawn

    Mr. G. Ryan Faith

    Space Foundation

    United States

    5

    Mixing US and Dutch Approaches: Towards Curaçao’s Legislation on Private Commercial Spaceflight

    20

    confirmed

    Prof. Frans von der Dunk

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    The Netherlands

    6

    The first flight decision for new human spaceflight...

    20

    confirmed

    Ms. Dawn Schaible

    NASA LaRC

    United States

    7

    A rose by any other name: despite what we call best practices or standards, the goal is the same – to foster safety and limit liability in the context of commercial space transportation

    20

    confirmed

    Prof. Diane Howard

    McGill University

    United States