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Virgin Galactic Spaceflight Safety Assurance Officer
Jeff PetersSpace Weather Workshop
April 24 2012
The Future of Space Tourism and
Space Weather
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Dawning of a New Space Age
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Space Tourism is real
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Point of Reference
Virgin Galactic has almost as many people on the waiting list to fly to space (510) than the number of people who have already flown in space (approximately 523)
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Virgin Galactic LLC
Mission to create safe and commercially viable access to space for people, science and potential for payload
Space tourism early adopters provided vital proof of first available market and made project possible
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Sub-Orbital Space Tourism Experience
3-4 days of preparation, medical checks, bonding & training
Each sub-orbital flight will carry 6 passengers + 2 pilots & lasts about 2.5 hours
Passengers will be able to leave their seats & float in zero G & enjoy views of the Earth’s surface for about 1,000 miles in every direction & get a black sky view of space
Experience cost is $200K
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Virgin Galactic Today
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WhiteKnight Two mothership completed most flight testing SS2 completed 16 glide flights
First rocket powered test of SS2 projected for later this year
Flight Test Update
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Rocket Motor Development
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Hot Fire Testing in Progress – started in 2009 at Sierra Nevada Corp.
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Spaceport America
Major construction completed
Virgin Galactic starting interior build-out
Ready for Operations by late 2013
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In New Mexico: Lat 107 D W Long 33 D N
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Spaceport America
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Space Weather implications forVirgin Galactic
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Culture of Safety
Virgin transportation companies transported over 50 million people safely each year
Operating the world’s first spaceline has new challenges, like Space Weather
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Sub-Orbital Mission Profile
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Minimal Risks Very limited exposure due to limited time and altitude
Time frames• 1 hour take-off to 50,000 feet• 5 minutes boost to apogee• 25 minutes apogee to landing
Altitude• Nominal flight - 100 KM
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Risk Management to date
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Reviewing SS1 flight data• Radiation measured• Winds in “upper middle atmosphere”
Enrolled in Space Weather Prediction Center email service
• Daily forecasts & warnings• Gaining familiarity with the system & terminology• Observing trends with solar maximum
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Risk Management future plans
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Developing Space Weather policies & procedures
Identifying Go & No-go criteria• For each phase of flight profile• Evaluating actions for the various warning levels• Determining acceptable level of risks for
– Solar Radiation Storms – people at altitude– Geomagnetic Storms – spaceship & ground support– Radio Blackouts – spaceship & ground support
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Risk Management future plans
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Developing a radiation monitoring program for Virgin Galactic pilots
Identifying best sources for correlating solar events to New Mexico
Working with the Space Weather community to handle spaceline daily flights
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Risk Management future plans
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Sub-Orbital “Space” Weather interests beyond radiation
Identifying best sources for pinpointing New Mexico high altitude data
• Higher altitude wind shears• Sprites (extremely high altitude lightning) • Notilucent Clouds (extremely high altitude
ice clouds)
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Pathfinder for the future
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Space is
territory