SSB/ASEB Panel Discussion on LEO Commercialization, April 2016
The Space Studies Board (SSB) and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) held a joint session on April 26, 2016 to discuss the commercialization of Low Earth Orbit (LEO). SpacePolicyOnline.com’s Marc Allen summarizes the discussion in these meeting notes. Participants included:
- Sam Scimemi, Program Director, International Space Station, NASA Headquarters;
- Carissa Christensen, Managing Partner of the Tauri Group;
- John Elbon, Boeing’s Vice President and General Manager of Space Exploration;
- Mike Gold, Director of Washington Operations for Bigelow Aerospace and Chair of the FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC);
- George Nield, FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (AST);
- Greg Johnson, Executive Director of NASA’s Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS); and
- Ben Roberts, Assistant Director for Civil and Commercial Space in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.