業界団体,軌道上サービスの標準作成に前進

業界

SpaceNews(9/30)
Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS)が検討中で制定後にはISO 24330となる見通し。3つの基準を制定することで検討が進んでおり、1:運用基準、2:近接オペレーション用のターゲット衛星上のマーキング、3:軌道上推進薬供給インタフェース。

米宇宙軍,ロケット4社をロケット技術開発プロジェクトパートナーに選定

業界

SpaceNews(9/25)
Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, ULAが上段関連技術開発、SpaceXはRaptorエンジン開発。費用は官民共同拠出。

  • Blue Origin will receive $24.3 million for cryogenic fluid management for its New Glenn rocket’s second stage.
  • Rocket Lab gets $24.3 million for upper stage development of its future launch vehicle Neutron.
  • SpaceX gets $14.4 million for testing technologies for its next-generation Raptor engine: rapid throttling and restart testing; liquid methane specification development and testing; and combustion stability analysis and testing.
  • ULA gets $24.3 million for uplink command and control for Centaur 5, the upper stage of the company’s new rocket Vulcan Centaur.

国連事務総長,民間有人宇宙飛行を一般民衆の信頼を損ねる事例のひとつとして例示

機関

SpaceNews(9/24)

“At the same time, another disease is spreading in our world today: a malady of mistrust,” he said, after mentioning the pandemic and the climate crisis. That included, he said, when people “see billionaires joyriding to space while millions go hungry on earth.”