SSB and ASEB Debate LEO Commercialization
Editor’s Note: 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 (ISS), NAS 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.