Responsive Space 5

Applications, Implementation, and Funding

Previous responsive space conferences have focused on the technology and processes to create Responsive Space. The 2007 Responsive Space Conference will continue to cover the broad spectrum of topics, but will also focus attention on three key issues:

Applications – What are the needs of the war- fighter and civilian users and how can these needs be met?

Implementation – How do we create demonstration missions and then transition these into an ongoing, robust program of low-cost, responsive missions?

Funding – What is the current funding status for all of the elements of Responsive Space and how do we create Responsive Funding?

Mission utility has been shown to be high and the technology workable. The country dramatically needs both lower cost and more responsive missions, but “BattleStar Galactica and the Imperial Space Force” are soaking up all of the available funding and, unfortunately, quite a bit more. Brian Green, Pete Rustan and others have challenged industry to make it happen and industry has, in turn, challenged the government to make near-term funding available so that near-term rewards and lower cost programs happen in less time than it took to go to the Moon.

NEWS FROM RS5

RS5 Final Program

RS5 Press Release. A short summary of the RS5 Conference held April 23-26 at the LAX Westin Hotel

RS5 Summary of Papers Presented. Viewgraph summary of all of the papers presented at RS5. Prepared by Dr. Richard Van Allen of Space Systems Technical Committee.

The DoD ORS Report to Congress. Signed on April 17, 2007, this report provides the official government position on ORS and its implementation. Includes the definition of the Tiers of ORS and the ORS Office organizational structure.

Joe Rouge Keynote Talk. These are the charts presented by Joseph Rouge, the Associate Director of the National Security Space Office. They include the projected ORS budget for 2007-2013 and the organization and structure of the ORS activities.

The Space Show. This is a recording of the live Space Show radio broadcast, hosted by Dr. David Livingston, from RS5 on Tuesday April 24. Interviews and discussions of Responsive Space by conference participants. For all past sessions of The Space Show, visit "www.thespaceshow.com."

NASA Town Hall Meeting. Charts presented by Charles Elachi, JPL, Mike Ryschkewitsch, GSFC, and Neil Woodward, NASA Exploration Systems Directorate. (Pete Worden, ARC, was also present, but didn’t present charts)

Missing Talks and Papers. This section contains the papers and talks missing from the CD given out at the conference. Requires a password given out to conference participants.

RS5 Evaluation. This section contains the RS5 Conference Questionnaire Results.

RS5 Sponsors

Note: All of the papers from RS5 will be made publicly available on this website in August, 2007.