Launch Tower Not Necessary: Could Responsive Launch Revolutionize Spaceport Infrastructure Needs?

Organizers

Sirisha BANDLA

Astronaut, Virgin Galactic L.L.C

United States

Cody KNIPFER

Assistant to the Chief of Staff, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

United States

Launch Tower Not Necessary: Could Responsive Launch Revolutionize Spaceport Infrastructure Needs?

If you don’t need a launch tower to support a launch vehicle, what might an ideal spaceport look like? What opportunities – and challenges – might it create? And what new opportunities for infrastructure use might it involve? This interactive panel brings together mobile launch, air-launch, and spaceport operators to discuss the paths toward – and provider and operator needs and requirements of – “responsive” spaceports.

Facilitators

Jeff TRAUBERMAN

Vice President, Government Affairs, VOX Space

United States

Richard DALBELLO

Director, Office of Space Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

United States

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Speakers

Karina DRESS

CEO & General Manager, Mojave Air & Space Port

United States

James LINTER

Air Attaché – United States, British Embassy

United Kingdom

Wayne MONTEITH

Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST)

United States

Nina ARMAGNO

Space Programs Director, United States Air Force

United States