FAA Role in Encouraging the Development of the U.S. Commercial Space Transportation Industry: Interview with Ken Davidian

摘要

Ken Davidian is Director of Research at the FAA Office ofCommercial Space (AST), Office of the Chief Engineer. The questions in the interview are prepared by the IJSTMI Editorial Board. IJSTMI: FAA promotes global competitiveness of the US com mercial space transportation industry and has an R&D plan for 2012, what are the major points of the R&D plan? Ken Davidian: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) is focusing on four main research areas regarding commercial space transportation: the first area is Space Traffic Management and Operations, the second area is Space Transportation Operations.