ASTWG Mission
The development of Advanced Spaceport
Technologies is essential to enable the safer, lower-cost access to space that
will make future spaceports technically and economically viable. In support of this goal, the ASTWG group
will:
•Provide
a forum for federal and state government agencies, industry, and academia to
work together to develop a national vision for spaceport
development;
•Provide
a mechanism for the identification, prioritization, and recommendation of
spaceport technologies to develop;
•In addition to technology development, envisioning of multiple enabling activities such as master planning, business development, education/outreach that would be important to the successful development of a commercial spaceport;
•Develop
an understanding of existing federal and state policies and regulations that
impact spaceport development; and,
•Promote
awareness of current and planned initiatives in the stakeholder community to
foster collaboration, identify business and technology gaps, and minimize
unnecessary duplication of development effort
