{"id":18336,"date":"2018-10-03T00:30:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nanoracks-names-its-space-outpost-team-including-stratolaunch-and-olis-robotics\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T00:30:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:30:34","slug":"nanoracks-names-its-space-outpost-team-including-stratolaunch-and-olis-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nanoracks-names-its-space-outpost-team-including-stratolaunch-and-olis-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"NanoRacks names its space outpost team, including Stratolaunch and Olis Robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_411062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-411062\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-411062\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/180409-outpost-630x355.jpg\" alt=\"NanoRacks outpost\" width=\"630\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/180409-outpost-630x355.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/180409-outpost-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/180409-outpost.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-411062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist\u2019s conception shows a Centaur upper-stage booster that\u2019s been outfitted to become an orbital outpost. (NanoRacks Illustration)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It takes a village to raise an space outpost, and NanoRacks\u2019 array of villagers includes Stratolaunch as well as Olis Robotics, the startup formerly known as BluHaptics.<\/p>\n<p>NanoRacks, which is headquartered in Texas, today&nbsp;listed those two Seattle-based companies among its partners for a NASA-funded study focusing on the future of commercial human spaceflight in low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The study is one of 13 that were commissioned by NASA in August as part of its drive to commercialize orbital operations by 2025. That drive could involve handing over the U.S. segment of the International Space Station to private-sector management, or developing brand-new orbital platforms.<\/p>\n<p>NanoRacks has proposed retrofitting the spent upper stages from United Launch Alliance\u2019s Atlas 5 rockets and its yet-to-be-built Vulcan rockets to create habitable outposts. The company unveiled its plan for the first outpost, dubbed Independence-1, in April.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/263532681\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In their study, NanoRacks and its teammates plan to define the market, policies and contractual ecosystems required to move ahead with what\u2019s known as the \u201cOutpost Program\u201d and create robotic as well as habitable space platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our vision coming to life,\u201d NanoRacks CEO Jeffrey Manber said today in a news release&nbsp;timed to coincide with the International Astronautical Congress in Bremen, Germany. \u201cWe are seeking to dramatically lower the cost for operating multiple commercial Outposts throughout the solar system, and we plan to do so in a way that leverages the expertise of agile commercial space companies, and feeds back into our growing ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Mangiuca, NanoRacks\u2019 commerce director and principal investigator for the commercialization study, said the effort sets a new precedent for NanoRacks. \u201cWe have experts across the aerospace industry contributing innovative technology and business concepts, all for one collaborative program,\u201d Mangiuca said.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the list of NanoRacks\u2019 partners and their areas of focus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>United Launch Alliance<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 LEO Village<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terminal Velocity Aerospace<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Payload return<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stratolaunch Systems<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Outfitting its Medium Launch Vehicle to Outpost specifications<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lunar Resources<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 In-space manufacturing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Space BD<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Collaboration on satellite deployment<\/li>\n<li><strong>Olis Robotics<\/strong>&nbsp;-Telerobotic operations<\/li>\n<li><strong>Made In Space<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 In-space manufacturing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Space Adventures<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Space tourism<\/li>\n<li><strong>Altius Space Machines<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Proximity operations and space tugs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deep Space Industries<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Orbital maneuvering<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kongsberg Satellite Services<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Ground station coordination<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marsh<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Insurance analysis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oliver Wyman<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Risk analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stratolaunch, a company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is currently testing a twin-fuselage super-airplane that would be capable of air-launching rockets to orbit. Its development roadmap calls for sending the Medium Launch Vehicle on its first flight in the 2022 time frame.<\/p>\n<p>Olis Robotics will study how NanoRacks\u2019 Outposts and the International Space Station could benefit from pilot-controlled remote robots. The University of Washington spin-out, which changed its name from BluHaptics to Olis last month, specializes in control software for remote robots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dynamic environment of space demands the precision, three-dimensional understanding and intuitive pilot controls that only Olis Robotics software provides,\u201d Olis CEO Don Pickering said in a news release. \u201cThis first-of-its-kind&nbsp;technology will support efficiently and safely building and maintaining the next generation of space habitats, and allow us to reach faster and further outside our own orbit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least a couple of NanoRacks\u2019 partners have connections to other NASA space commercialization study groups: Space Adventures is in charge of a separate study among the 13 being funded, and like NanoRacks, it lists Made In Space as a study partner. United Launch Alliance\u2019s two joint-venture parents, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, are leading their own studies as well.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the 13 studies has a cost cap of $1 million, and all of the studies are due in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An artist\u2019s conception shows a Centaur upper-stage booster that\u2019s been outfitted to become an orbital outpost. (NanoRacks Illustration) It takes a village to raise an space outpost, and NanoRacks\u2019 array of villagers includes Stratolaunch as well as Olis Robotics, the startup formerly known as BluHaptics. 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