Catalog

Technical programme

IAC-12 — 63rd International Astronautical Congress

D6. SYMPOSIUM ON COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT SAFETY ISSUES

Topics should address commercial safety and regulatory policy issues for orbital and suborbital space transportation and spaceports. The goal is to identify issues common to commercial operators of both human and robotic space vehicles to increase international safety and interoperability.

Coordinator: John Sloan
Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) — United States

D6.1. Commercial Space Flight Safety and Emerging Issues

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.

Chairman

John Sloan
Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) — United States

Christophe Chavagnac
Airbus Defence and Space SAS — France

Rapporteur: Gennaro Russo
Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica (AIDAA) — Italy

D6.2-D2.9. Joint Session on Private Human Access to Space: Sub-Orbital and Orbital Missions

This session is co-sponsored by IAA Commission III and will address topics such as systems, technical solutions, legal aspects, market analysis, Insurance, regulatory constraints, spaceports.

Chairman

Jens Lassmann
ArianeGroup — Germany

Eleanor Aldrich
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) — United States

Rapporteur: Douglas O. Stanley
National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) — United States