Guest: Dr. Eligar Sadeh. Topic: Public Private Partnerships for U.S. space launch systems, cis lunar development & more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcomed Dr. Eligar Sadeh back to the show to discuss his recent Astropolitics published article, "Report: Public Private Partnerships and the Development of Space Launch Systems in the United States." You can find this report on The Space Show blog for this particular program. During the first segment of our 92 minute program, Dr. Sadeh introduced us to the topic and the Report subjects which you can read on TSS blog. He addressed the traditional aerospace contracting model, the problem with cost overruns which hurt the traditional model and some of the issues with fixed price contracts, especially with technology and commercial opportunities. We talked about risk reward and he cited SpaceX and Orbital Sciences as examples of the success of the private public partnership type of arrangement. In addition, Eligar suggested that such partnerships were supportive of developing programs such as space transportation services. Other topics in the first segment included SLS, National Security Space, big science programs, planetary missions, and others that still use the traditional model. Our guest introduced us to the Better Buying Power approach which he referenced several times during the show. Tim called from Huntsville to talk about risk, profits, and cubesats. Eligar then went into some detail about the competitive launch environment, specifically for national security payloads and how that is now changing and opening up. Jake emailed us to inquire if Congress was fully on board with these new public private partnerships. Jennifer wanted to know how international participation might change the public private partnership relationship. Next, I asked Eligar to explain the Acquisition Death Spiral which was in Fig. 4 of his Report paper. In the second segment, John from Ft. Worth was our first caller & he wanted to address the risk in a fixed price contract. John and Eligar had an interesting discussion on controlling costs and risks so don't miss it. Later, I asked Eligar to explain the New Entrants Certification Guide (NECG) which was issued in 2011. This document provides the guidelines for the competitive launch environment for national security and other launch competitors. Our next caller, Doug, wanted to talk about public private partnerships beyond LEO, specifically the Moon. Eligar talked with Doug about leveraging assets for the private sector, citing the ISS and a few of the commercial users as examples. Both Doug and Eligar had a very interesting and comprehensive discussion on this topic which considered cislunar transportation, a lunar hab, possible commercial incentives to drive commercial involvement, and more. Policy and leadership were part of this discussion as was the fact that there currently is no lunar hab, Lunar Cots, or cislunar transportation policy nor is one being considered. After the discussion with Eligar ended, we used the balance of our time to discuss the likelihood of a fast moving lunar based Chinese space program influencing the US to fast track developing a lunar hab and cislunar transportation. Prior to our discussion ending, I asked Eligar how listeners could get copies of the journal Astropolitics as Eligar is the editor for it. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can each Dr. Sadeh through me or his email address on his Report on the blog.
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