| Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office
(C3PO)
From 2006 to 2013,
the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program
administered by the Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office
(C3PO) at the Johnson Space Center endeavored to stimulate U.S.
commercial space transportation capabilities by pursuing a new
way of doing business with industry.
C3PO collaborated
with a team of attorneys, procurement specialists, and even
a venture capitalist to formulate and implement a new form of
funded Space Act Agreement (SAA) based on the Agency’s
“Other Transaction” Authority.
In August 2006, SpaceX
and Rocketplane Kistler were selected as the Agency’s
first COTS commercial partners. However, NASA had to terminate
the agreement with Rocketplane Kistler due to their private
funding issues, and in February 2008 the Agency selected the
Orbital Sciences Corporation as a new industry partner.
NASA worked with
SpaceX and Orbital to meet the financial, programmatic, and
technical milestones of their funded SAAs—milestones that
would culminate in the development of new, commercially-owned
transportation services to the International Space Station.
Oral history
interviews were conducted with many of the individuals who contributed
to the success of the COTS program. Their efforts helped to
realize the vision of cost-effective, U.S. space transportation
capabilities and a successful partnership with industry.
NASA
issued its final report on the now-complete Commercial Orbital
Transportation Services (COTS) program. The report, titled “Commercial
Orbital Transportation Services, A New Era in Spaceflight”
(NASA/SP-2014-617, PDF 15.1 MB), documents the work of NASA’s
Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office between 2005 and
2013 to partner with private industry to take over more routine
operations in low-Earth orbit.
Alexander,
Bretton
3-18-13 |
Commercial
Spaceflight Advocate |
Arena,
Jonathan A.
4-22-13 |
NASA
Attorney |
Brinkley,
Randolph H.
5-1-13 |
RpK
President |
Buzza,
Tim
1-15-13 |
SpaceX
VP of Launch and Test |
Capozzoli,
Peter
1-16-13 |
SpaceX
Mission Manager |
Couluris,
John
1-15-13 |
SpaceX
Sr. Director, Launch and Mission Operations |
Culbertson,
Frank L.
6-4-13 |
Orbital
Executive VP & General Manager, Advanced Programs Group |
Cuzzupoli,
Joseph W.
4-29-13 |
RpK
VP & K-1 Program Manager |
DeMauro,
Frank
6-4-13 |
Orbital
VP & Program Director, COTS/CRS |
Eberly,
Kurt
6-3-13 |
Orbital
Deputy Project Director, Antares |
Elias,
Antonio L.
6-3-13 |
Orbital
Executive VP & Chief Technical Officer |
French,
George D
5-1-13 |
RpK
CEO |
Garver,
Lori M.
6-26-13 |
NASA
Deputy Administrator |
Gerstenmaier,
William H.
6-12-13 |
NASA
Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations |
Giger,
David
1-15-13 |
SpaceX
Sr. Director, Dragon Development Engineering |
Graham,
Courtney B.
3-19-13 |
NASA
Attorney |
Griffin,
Michael D.
1-12-13 |
NASA
Administrator, April 2005-January 2009 |
Horkachuck,
Michael J.
11-6-12
1-16-13 |
NASA
COTS Project Executive, SpaceX |
Koenigsmann,
Hans
1-15-13 |
SpaceX
VP of Mission Assurance |
Lindenmoyer,
Alan J.
10-31-12
11-7-12 |
NASA
COTS Program Manager |
Lueders,
Kathryn L.
4-17-13 |
NASA
ISS Transportation Integration Office Manager |
Manners,
Bruce A.
12-5-12 |
NASA
COTS Project Executive, RpK & Orbital |
Marty,
Alan
1-18-13 |
Venture
Capitalist |
Muncy,
James A. M.
6-21-13 |
Commercial
Spaceflight Advocate |
Nield,
George C.
3-20-13 |
FAA
AA for Commercial Space Transportation |
Pinkston,
Michael R.
6-3-13 |
Orbital
Senior VP, Antares Program |
Price,
Lisa P.
5-14-13 |
NASA
Budget Analyst |
Reilley,
Karen M.
3-19-13 |
NASA
Attorney |
Richards,
Robert T.
6-4-13 |
Orbital
VP, Human Spaceflight Systems |
Shotwell,
Gwynne E.
1-15-13 |
SpaceX
President & COO |
Stone,
Dennis A.
11-26-12 |
NASA
COTS Assistant Program Integration Mgr. |
Thompson,
David W.
6-3-13 |
Orbital
Chairman, President, & CEO |
Thompson-King,
Sumara
3-19-13 |
NASA
Deputy General Counsel |
Thorn,
Valin B.
12-17-12 |
NASA
COTS Deputy Program Manager |
Timm,
Marc G.
6-12-13 |
NASA
HQ COTS Program Executive |
Wholley,
Michael C.
3-19-13 |
NASA
General Counsel |
Xenofos,
Amy V.
12-7-12 |
NASA
Attorney |
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