Below are links to relevant information (caution links may go to other sites not controlled by OCP):

Papers authored by OCP personnel

Adhering to the FAA Guidelines for RLV Flight Crew Training: Presented at the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) 2005, Washington D.C. May 19-22. Talks about developing a training center that uses conventional techniques and equipment which would allow companies to effectively and efficiently train RLV flight crews.

Adhering to the FAA Guidelines for RLV Flight Crew Training presentation: Presented at the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) 2005, Washington D.C. May 19-22. This is the slide presentation used at ISDC.

Innovative Financing of a Large Space Project (pdf): Published in the proceedings of the 38th Space Congress, Cocoa Beach, FL May 1 - 3, 2001. Discussion of how to use standard financing models to fund a private space program.

A New “Old Way” to Space (pdf): Published in the proceedings of the 39th Space Congress, Cocoa Beach, FL April 29 - May 3, 2002. Compares a proposed private space program with past concepts.

Links to companies building suborbital spacecraft:

Scaled Composites LLC: They are the first to fly a space ship without government involvement. Link goes directly to the Tier One System page.

XCOR Aerospace: Creators of the EZ-Rocket rocket plane. They are experts in small liquid rocket engines and are currently developing a suborbital craft called the Xerus.

Rocketplane Limited, Inc.: Located in Oklahoma they have a slightly different approach to suborbital spacecraft.

Bristol Spaceplanes Limited: This company is located in England and are in development of a suborbital vehicle with the capability to be expanded to orbital operations.

Blue Origin: Very little is known about this company other than they are building a suborbital vehicle and that they are financed by Jeff Bezos the founder of amazon.com.

Armadillo Aerospace: Another company funded by a computer entrepreneur. John Carmack, founder of id Software, is the source of inspiration and money for this company.

Information about suborbital tourism

Futron Corp.: The publishers of the Space Tourism Market Study which was a comprehensive and accurate analysis of the space tourism market.

Virgin Galactic: Started and financed by Sir Richard Branson they have contracted for the technology used in the Tier One System. VG expects to fly tourists by 2007. Cool animation of what a suborbital trip might be like Real 300kbps or Windows Media 300kbps

Virgin Galactic: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, a very good summary of Virgin Galactic, the agreement with Burt Rutan and what is planned.

Suborbital Reusable Vehicles and Emerging Markets (pdf): FAA Feb 2005. The Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicles (SRLV) and Emerging Markets report provides the first comprehensive assessment by the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) of the commercial suborbital reusable launch industry in the United States.

Legal information

14 CFR Part 414 Safety Approvals; Proposed Rule (pdf): June 1 2005. The FAA proposes to amend commercial space transportation regulations by adding procedures for obtaining a safety approval. This is the type of certification OCP and flight crew will receive from the FAA.

Draft Guidelines for Commercial Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle Operations with Flight Crew (pdf): Feb 11 2005. Proposed guidelines on RLV flight crew training, qualifications and informing flight crew of risk.

Draft Guidelines for Commercial Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle Operations with Space Flight Participants (pdf): Feb 11 2005. Proposed guidelines on Space Flight Participants informing of spce flight risk, written consent and medical requirements.

Guidance for Medical Screening of Commercial Aerospace Passengers (pdf): Federal Air Surgeon, Mar 31 2003. This document provides general guidance for operators of manned commercial aerospace flights (suborbital and orbital) in the medical assessment of prospective passengers.

RLV regulation: licensing vs. certification: An article from The Space Review that gives a good overview of the regulations affecting the new space industry.

Congress OKs private-spaceflight bill: From MSNBC.com about the passage of the The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 (H.R. 5382).

Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004: The complete text as passed by Congress and sent to the President.

U.S. Code Title 49, Chapter 701 - Commercial Space Launch Activities: Complete text of the U.S. law that affects the new space industry (before amendment by H.R. 5382)

Financial information

Developing Viable Financing Models for Space Tourism: A paper originally presented at the 53rd International Astronautical Congress.

Manufactures of training equipment

Cyberdome Corporation: Flight simulator manufacturing company.

Environmental Tectonics Corporation: Manufacture of centrifuges and hypobaric chambers.

Information from the FAA/AST

2005 U.S. Commercial Space Tarnsportation Developments and Concepts: Vehicles, Technologies, and Spaceports (pdf): This report reviews major events relating to U.S. commercial space transportation in 2004. Current and planned U.S. commercial and commercially oriented activities are showcased.